The above introduction doesnit mention Mac OS X, but the site has a dedicated Web page with the very detailed instructions for making this happen. Our goal in this document is to show you how you can take you gaming machine and turn it into an inexpensive computer.
Because the Xbox is really just an x86 at heart, the Linux community started creating distributions for it immediately. In addition, it has an Ethernet port and each one of the controllers is a USB port.Īt the time of its release, the Xbox had the components of a mid-range computer for half the price. It comes with 64MB of RAM, an 8GB or 10GB Hard Disk, and a 2X to 5X DVD drive. It has a custom Nvidia GeForce 3 graphics card. Its CPU is an Intel Pentium III 733-MHz processor. Staying with what they know, Microsoft built their gaming system out of parts that are very similar to a desktop system. The Xbox is Microsoftis first console gaming device. You read that right: Using PearPC, the PowerPC emulation software we covered in May of this year, the folks at Xbox Modification have put together the convoluted process necessary to install Appleis world class operating system on this US$149 gaming console ( US$149 - Amazon). He Xbox modding community has taken their art to a new level, figuring out how to install Mac OS X on this Microsoft gaming console.