Powermac G5's ran the XBOX 360 Demos!!!

techster82 · techster82 #1 (**permalink**)

04-02-2006, 12:58 AM

I found this rather hilarious, even though I have nothing against Microsoft or windows. If this has been posted before then I apologize and feel free to delete it.

Powermac running XBOX 360 story

BiT · BiT #2 (**permalink**)

04-02-2006, 01:41 AM

intresting! thats one story. Apple should be happy! thats sad for microsoft tho.

johninc · johninc #3 (**permalink**)

04-02-2006, 01:47 AM

lol that is awesome. I read a thread on here awhile back that said all the games are developed on Powermac G5's

to_tough_to_die · to_tough_to_die #4 (**permalink**)

04-02-2006, 03:54 AM

Ya, the early dev. kits were all modified G5s. The 360 runs 3-cored PowerPC chips at 3.2 GHz, so Microsoft got the developers working on the POWER architecture early. The real reason that they weren't running at full power was the processor difference. Not the graphics cards.

to_tough_to_die #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 24, 2005 Posts: 749 Mac Specs: Powerbook G4/ 15.2"/ 1.67 ghz/ 2 gb RAM/ ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 (128 mb RAM)/ 100 gb hdd@ 5400 RPM	04-02-2006, 03:54 AM Ya, the early dev. kits were all modified G5s. The 360 runs 3-cored PowerPC chips at 3.2 GHz, so Microsoft got the developers working on the POWER architecture early. The real reason that they weren't running at full power was the processor difference. Not the graphics cards. I'd use Windows... but I like the Mac OS more.
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techster82 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 07, 2006 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 586 Mac Specs: Unibody Macbook 2.0, Blackberry Bold (Good Riddance iPhone)	04-02-2006, 12:58 AM I found this rather hilarious, even though I have nothing against Microsoft or windows. If this has been posted before then I apologize and feel free to delete it. Powermac running XBOX 360 story
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Member Since: Feb 23, 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 409 Mac Specs: 20" Intel core duo iMac. 15.4" MBP, 100GB, 256MB vRAM, 1GB RAM, 2.16GHz	04-02-2006, 01:41 AM intresting! thats one story. Apple should be happy! thats sad for microsoft tho.
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