{"id":1926,"date":"2003-11-07T10:51:30","date_gmt":"2003-11-08T02:51:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/07\/itll-never-happen-but\/"},"modified":"2019-12-06T10:34:04","modified_gmt":"2019-12-06T18:34:04","slug":"itll-never-happen-but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michaelhans.com\/eclecticism\/2003\/11\/07\/itll-never-happen-but\/","title":{"rendered":"It'll never happen, but…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, word just broke on the ‘net this past week that Microsoft<\/a> is moving to the IBM PowerPC processor<\/a> (the same family of processors used in Apple<\/a>‘s Power Mac G5<\/a>) for their next generation of XBox<\/a> game systems.<\/p>\n

Interesting.<\/em><\/p>\n

So. Randomly putting things together in my head.<\/p>\n

First thought: if the XBox is moving to an IBM PowerPC processor — assumedly at least similar to the G5<\/a>, if not the same processor — wouldn’t they need development\/testing machines? Could it be that I’ve finally figured out whose toes I stepped on<\/a>? I doubt I’ll ever know…but it’s worth thinking about.<\/p>\n

Second thought: Not terribly long ago, Microsoft acquired Connectix<\/a>. This was most notable at the time because Connectix’ flagship product was Virtual PC<\/a>, which allows Macs to run Windows software through emulation of a x86-compatible PC. Less noted, though, was another older Connectix product that has been discontinued, the Virtual Game Station<\/a>, which used similar emulation technology to allow the Mac to play original Sony PlayStation<\/a> games.<\/p>\n

Wouldn’t it be cool if Microsoft retooled the VGS codebase to produce a “Virtual XBox” for G5 Power Macs? It’ll never happen, if for no other reason than pure marketing dollars (I’m sure they’d rather have people buy a \\$200 Xbox than a \\$50 piece of software — playing Devil’s Advocate, though, there might be more profit margin on that \\$50 piece of software, plus it would drive game sales…). In any case, it’s also fun to think about.<\/p>\n

(via codepoetry<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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