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[Lee-yoshi]

You want to something ironic?

From Special Reserve's Upwire News service
Microsoft send out Xbox 2 developer's kits that feature Apple G5 technology.
Had someone predicted that Microsoft would use Apple G5 hardware in the Xbox 2 dev kit, we'd have locked them up and thrown away the key.

Well, we'd better go and let Andy out of the basement because that's exactly what's happened. The system that programmers are using to start planning for the next Xbox is essentially a high-spec Mac running a special Windows operating system. The dual Power Mac G5 processors are currently accompanied by a Radeon 9800 Pro graphics card, although this will be replaced by the more powerful R420 closer to the launch date.

With the current specs still up in the air at MSHQ (and the fact that some intended components don't even exist yet), this is just something to let dev teams get their feet wet. So don't go trying to build yourself one out of parts from an Xbox, a PC and a iMac.

This is just the latest item to add to the momentum of the Xbox 2 rumour mill. There's the talk that the next controller will be wireless (we like that one), that there'll not be a hard drive (we hate that one) and that Microsoft will beat its competitors to the shop shelves by launching in Autumn 2005 (that would be very cool).

Whatever happens, you'll read about it here.

Story as it appears HERE