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RE: X Box/Leopard/Ace


  • To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
  • Subject: RE: X Box/Leopard/Ace
  • From: "Gerard McGovern" <stuff@xxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 11:01:47 -0000
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> > It's not really a PC, although superficially it does seem
> to be like
> > one.  There are a few differences in the architecture, and
> there's no
> > operating system as such - it just runs an optimised version of
> > DirectX 8 straight on the metal.
>
> On the contrart, it runs an embedded version of NT.
> Think about it - _something_ has to do the disk access stuff,
> read the DVD drive, power up and run the main menu screen.
> That is the operating system at work - and it is NT!

If we are going to be accurate, it runs a cut down version of Windows
2000.

G




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