Windows PCs Find a Place in the Car

[Zombie9920]

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,106046,00.asp

[voidmain]

Only after Linux did:

http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT9947733319.html

Personally, I believe this will cause more car crashes than ever. People can't even use a cell phone and drive.

[hm_murdock]

so... this means that when palladium rolls around...

MS will have admin rights on my car?

where do I sign up to BEAT THE HOLY LIVING BEJESUS OUT OF MR GATES AND FRIENDS?!?

fuck 'em all, I don't want MS fucking around in anything... much less my car!

[Zombie9920]

quote:Originally posted by void main:
Only after Linux did:

http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT9947733319.html

Personally, I believe this will cause more car crashes than ever. People can't even use a cell phone and drive.

I agree with you. A computer built into the car will be nothing more than a distraction(just like having a TV and DVD player in your car or a Cell Phone). Interesting, the Windows machines for the car will not have an x86 CPU, it will be using a 166mhz RISC CPU. I wonder what CPU exactly they will have? I wonder if this means there will be a Windows made for RISC systems in the future?

[Refalm]

quote:Zombie9920: I wonder if this means there will be a Windows made for RISC systems in the future?

Buy a Clarion Cadias car and hack the RISC-chip Windows version out of the hardware  :rolleyes:

[hm_murdock]

Windows for RISC?

You mean like the Alpha, Sparc, and PPC versions of NT that existed through 4.0? =^)

I still wanna know how to boot and install NT 4 on a Power Mac, just to say I'd done it.

[voidmain]

quote:Originally posted by The Jimmy James / Bob:
Windows for RISC?

You mean like the Alpha, Sparc, and PPC versions of NT that existed through 4.0? =^)

I still wanna know how to boot and install NT 4 on a Power Mac, just to say I'd done it.

It's more like "Windows for RISK". You got Windows in your car, your gonna crash at some point.      

Actually NT 3.51 used to support Alpha, MIPS, and PPC but they dropped that like a lead balloon.

[ October 18, 2002: Message edited by: void main ]

[KernelPanic]

quote:Originally posted by Zombie9920:


I wonder if this means there will be a Windows made for RISC systems in the future?

Erm... It's called Pocket PC.
In fact the 2002 version only supports the Intel StrongARM.

*Surprise suprise (wintel tactics)*

[psyjax]

If M$ made a windoze for PPC, would anyone buy it???

Shit, I know I wouldent  

[voidmain]

They used to have a Windows for PPC (NT 3.51). No one bought it.

[hm_murdock]

it's all on the same CD. and it's there through NT 4. I... uh... actually bought NT 4   :rolleyes:

[MacUser3of5]

quote: If M$ made a windoze for PPC, would anyone buy it???

I would. Well, I would really pirate it... but I definitely install it, just to freak out my friends...