“We purchased a number of Apple G5’s because very specific hardware components of the G5 allow developers to emulate some of the technology behind future Xbox products and services,” a Microsoft spokesperson said in a statement. “This is an interim development tool that will be replaced with a more powerful and comprehensive solution later.”
The current systems shown at product introductions are prototypes. Final systems are expected to come out in all three major regions–North America, Europe and Asia–by the end of the year.”
Since the architecture between the G5 and the Xbox 360 systems are closely related so Microsoft feels its safe to use them. But will gamers frown on this?
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