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Old 11-04-2003, 09:04 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Old 11-04-2003, 09:29 PM   #2 (permalink)
 
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Why isn't Microsoft going with AMD? I've never heard of PowerPC processors being good for gaming, and they're mucn more expensive than AMDs.
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Old 11-06-2003, 09:52 AM   #3 (permalink)
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thats a load of crap microsoft and intel are so closely intertwined that would never happen, that would be like Apple trying to get an AMD chip for the Mac
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Well.. From what the press releases from both Microsoft and IBMs websites it looks like that may be true.. The aren't stating that it's the main CPU chip that they are talking about, but they aren't saying that it's not either.

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i know they switched to ati over nvidia for xbox 2, thats gonna be cool
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you know what having a PPC in the xbox means...


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Okay, at first I thought 'whoo hoo!' then I thought about for a while... If Microsoft goes totally PPC, then what would be the difference between PC's and Macs??? I know this is thinking way ahead, but really? The price of PC's would go up, the price of Macs would go down, and there would be little difference other than the OS!! AND if Microsoft went totally PPC, where would Apple's individuality go?

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Macs can Run windows 2000 and XBOX runs on what?

I think the XBOX G5 is an awesome Idea. Now all they gotta do is make a 2d game coup

I don't wanna have to buy a ps2 just to play Guilty gear and SNK VS Capcom.

and since SNK no wanna show any Dreamcast love.........
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