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All Things Microsoft => Microsoft as a Company => Topic started by: Zombie9920 on 18 October 2002, 21:31

Title: Windows PCs Find a Place in the Car
Post by: Zombie9920 on 18 October 2002, 21:31
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,106046,00.asp (http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,106046,00.asp)
Title: Windows PCs Find a Place in the Car
Post by: voidmain on 18 October 2002, 21:40
Only after Linux did:

http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT9947733319.html (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.
Title: Windows PCs Find a Place in the Car
Post by: hm_murdock on 18 October 2002, 21:47
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!
Title: Windows PCs Find a Place in the Car
Post by: Zombie9920 on 18 October 2002, 22:04
quote:
Originally posted by void main:
Only after Linux did:

http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT9947733319.html (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?
Title: Windows PCs Find a Place in the Car
Post by: Refalm on 18 October 2002, 22:11
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:
Title: Windows PCs Find a Place in the Car
Post by: hm_murdock on 18 October 2002, 22:31
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.
Title: Windows PCs Find a Place in the Car
Post by: voidmain on 18 October 2002, 22:37
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.    (http://smile.gif)  

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 ]

Title: Windows PCs Find a Place in the Car
Post by: KernelPanic on 18 October 2002, 22:40
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)*
Title: Windows PCs Find a Place in the Car
Post by: psyjax on 18 October 2002, 23:22
If M$ made a windoze for PPC, would anyone buy it???

Shit, I know I wouldent  :D
Title: Windows PCs Find a Place in the Car
Post by: voidmain on 18 October 2002, 23:31
They used to have a Windows for PPC (NT 3.51). No one bought it.
Title: Windows PCs Find a Place in the Car
Post by: hm_murdock on 19 October 2002, 02:27
it's all on the same CD. and it's there through NT 4. I... uh... actually bought NT 4   :rolleyes:
Title: Windows PCs Find a Place in the Car
Post by: MacUser3of5 on 21 October 2002, 21:38
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...  (http://smile.gif)