[psy111]

do any of you use the xbox as your/a mac? I want to soon... hopefully like by next fri. sorry if this isnt the right board to ask or not. then when the next line of powerbooks come out next year, im gon get the 12"er.

[TailsToo]

[Xeo]

I think your question can be answered by many people here. There are quite a few who have XBoxes.

[ironknee]

i don't have an x box or other game things cause, then u can't watch tv///

[psy111]

for those who have no idea, looky:
youll see

then click the links on the left

[Xeo]

Ohhhhhhh, that's what you're talking about. That's gonna be a tad slow.

[rozwado1]

[Cubeoid]

Originally posted by rozwado1:
http://politicalhumor.about.com/library/graphics/moran.jpg

Great pic it would be even nicer if the sign said "get a brains, moran!"

[liquidtrance123]

um yea its possible to put osx on a pc platform but isn't it like 200% slower than it would be on a PowerPC cpu? just what i've heard correct me if i'm wrong

[ironknee]

Originally posted by Cubeoid:
Great pic it would be even nicer if the sign said "get a brains, moran!"

or

"get a brian, moran!"

[Cubeoid]

Yes. Totally yo!

[psy111]

Originally posted by Cubeoid:
Yes. Totally yo!

really? if ur not joking, is it ok? g3 aint that great tho, and 10gb isnt that much. especially with 2gb already taken for the os, and it takes 10hrs to get all of OS 10.3 on the xbox. and not to mention installing ppc and linux.at least itd be temp until I get my powerbook next year in May. itd be better than my emachines comp (exept for the hd (ram kinda))

[TailsToo]

A Mac emulator running on a PIII 733 is going to be way too slow to use for anything!

[psy111]

Originally posted by TailsToo:
A Mac emulator running on a PIII 733 is going to be way too slow to use for anything!

it aint a emu, more of a flaw in the xbox system and people found ways to use/install mac/linux operating systems. I mean ur still installing the whole 10.3 cds.

EDIT: I guess its kinda an emu to install mac through peerpc...well I guess ill spend (ONLY $40) and find out

[Xeo]

Originally posted by psy111:
it aint a emu, more of a flaw in the xbox system and people found ways to use/install mac/linux operating systems. I mean ur still installing the whole 10.3 cds.

EDIT: I guess its kinda an emu to install mac through peerpc...well I guess ill spend (ONLY $40) and find out

You must not know much about hardware. It's definitely emulation. PearPC is not the cause of it being emulation, it's the solution. It is the emulator. You are installing software written for PowerPC and running it on x86. This just wouldn't work without emulation. Yes, you are really installing Mac OS X, the real deal, onto that XBox hard drive. But for it to run, it still has to fake a PPC chip. And it's going to be very, very slow.

Originally posted by liquidtrance123:
um yea its possible to put osx on a pc platform but isn't it like 200% slower than it would be on a PowerPC cpu? just what i've heard correct me if i'm wrong

I think it runs a lot slower than that, even. But you're correct that it's possible but slow.

[Goldfinger]

Let's go to school first and learn how to write.

[moonmonkey]

Originally posted by Goldfinger:
Let's go to school first and learn how to write.

Send me a postcard.

[psy111]

Originally posted by Goldfinger:
Let's go to school first and learn how to write.

I type super fast, and sometimes dont think while typing. and also having no spell check either doesnt help. I think we all need to go to typing school.
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on another note, would just running linux be better than running a mac os on the xbox?

[Xeo]

Originally posted by psy111:
on another note, would just running linux be better than running a mac os on the xbox?

Yes, by a long shot. Linux wouldn't have to be emulated.

[olePigeon]

Wait for the XBox 2. It has a G5. If/when Linux is put on it, you can run Mac-on-Linux with little or no slowdown.