The big news to us is that the XBOX 2 SDK has been seeded to developers on dual Apple Power Mac G5 systems running a custom Windows NT Kernel.

The Apple Power Mac G5 is based upon two of IBM’s 64-bit Power PC processors and features ATi RADEON 9800 Pro (R350) graphics. However the R350 is believed to be an interim solution and will, in due course, be superseded by the forthcoming ATI R420.

Interestingly the SDK apparently also features an Apple logo on a side bar within the application.

UPDATE: Is the above too "overjoyed" and "oversmug"? It wasn't intended to be either-- I was going for tongue-in-cheek and "isn't that veird?" The gaming market really doesn't interest me all that much; I wasn't prepared to presuppose any huge political shift as a result of this technical decision on Microsoft's part.

Maybe it's a sign that Apple's still dying. Eh, fine. Pass me another Lucky Bag...

(This is what breaks Den Beste's sabbatical? Yikes.)

UPDATE 2: I won't be adding any further factual rebuttals here, I don't think. Seems it would do more harm than good.