Yeah, I know it's an emulator. I used to use a platform where
everything else non native was emulated .So what!
If there is enough power to handle the overhead useful work can be done.
I find these attitudes very strange for a list that supports
something Apple would like to see go away. Running OS X, native or
not, on unsupported hardware.. I have 3 PCI Macs and will soon be
asking for help getting OS X debugged. Can I expect the same warm
regards when I post with those problems.
You will get lots of help here with getting your PCI Macs running OS X.
The reason for the comments about OS X on Xbox are that X was
originally intended to run on PowerSurge PCI Macs but Apple dropped
official support when it was found that these boxes wouldn't have
enough power to run the heavy GUI without upgrades which Apple does
not support. The nuts and bolts of the OS can still run on these
machines with upgrades and that is why we run it: because upgraded
PCI Macs are very much up to the task.
The Xbox HW was never supported by OS X and never will, so it needs
to be run in emulation which is tediously slow and unusable for
everyday work, even simple work. This makes it somewhat off-topic
for the list. Those of us here are using our Unsupported boxes for
everyday work and also take pride in using older but still useful
hardware. Mental gymnastics are fun but we tend to spend list time
helping others get functional older Macs working and producing.
While the Xbox 360 HW is interesting, I'll bet that it will be no
more HW compatible with OS X than the Gen1 Xbox, so with X in
emulation I wonder whether it'll be even as fast as a PM7600 G3/400.
Just going out on a limb hereĀ
Perhaps I should introduce myself to those of you who do not know
me from the PCI, Powerbooks and swap lists. I'm really harmless.
No need to kill the messenger.
No prob, take it easy.
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The hallowed platform I mentioned before which was used to emulate
all other OSs is now the subject of emulation itself . But in that
case a lean and mean OS is run on a 3 GHz Pentium and it really
flies! The opposite situation to emulating X on an XBox.
But I think the Power of the 360 is up to the task.
I don't want to prolong this OT . But would welcome any other
comments off list.
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