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I'm sorry to say this, but
gump420:
I don't see how Macrohard is expecting to make any money off the XXX-Box, anyway. It really shouldn't be that hard to set up a hack that allows you to play those games on a Winblows PC . . .
<Pudmaster Flex>:
Yo guys, wasssuupp! I know x-box is basically a Win 2K shell in a box, so in theory, could you emulate the xbox on PC, and just download the games, or am I chattin shit??!!
Anyone????
:cool:
billy_gates:
i know it does not run any version of winblows
1) It boots way too fast
2) It has all sorts of copy protection for the software and it does not say once anything about Winblows.
3) It never crashes.
The only bad thing about it so far is the processor (Intel Sucks - They are so slow). Microsoft probably could have made a profit if they put an Athlon 1GHz. And it would be faster too
torched42:
the problem i see with the xbox is the fact that its made by Microsoft. you think they will let it die? hell no.. they will subsidize it lower its cost and put out games that people want. my prediction is that Nintendo will be driven out of buisness, and that sony will drop from the console buisness. if you think i'm irational look at the peons who actually paid for windoze. some appear to be intelligent infact. microsoft will come out on top... and that will be a sad day indeed.... :(
gump420:
quote:Originally posted by Billy Gates:
i know it does not run any version of winblows
1) It boots way too fast
--- End quote ---
The thing that slows Winblows down on bootup is usually their half-ass networking drivers. Take that out and you significantly reduce the bootup time.
quote:2) It has all sorts of copy protection for the software and it does not say once anything about Winblows.
--- End quote ---
Obviously it wouldn't be running the full version of Winblows, so it's not going to behave like Winblows (i.e. using the Winblows kernel won't make a Winblows spalsh screen come up). In any case, the X-Box does use DirectX, which in turn usually runs on Winblows - thus the reason people come to the conclusion that the X-Box runs a watered down version of Winblows . . .
quote:3) It never crashes.
--- End quote ---
Okay, you've got me there! (-;
Really, though, this goes back to using the kernel versus using the whole OS. If the only stuff in memory is the kernel, the DirectX drivers, and the game, then it shouldn't be too hard to keep things from conflicting and causing a crash.
quote:The only bad thing about it so far is the processor (Intel Sucks - They are so slow). Microsoft probably could have made a profit if they put an Athlon 1GHz. And it would be faster too
--- End quote ---
In any case, the fact that they are using an Intel processor in the thing means that it is possible to simply make a run-time environment to play the games on the PC. The only thing stopping that right now is the copy-protection; however, given M$'s wonderful track record in security we can expect a crack to surface rather quicly.
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