Nintendo Wii can run Mac OS X like it's 2001 all over again
Over 101 million Nintendo Wii consoles have been sold since 2006, but only one of them runs Apple's Mac OS X Cheetah. Here's how it works. There aren't many Wiis running Mac OS X in the world That Wii is owned by developer Bryan Keller after he took considerable time to port Apple's 2001 software. We've seen Wiis running everything from Linux to Windows NT before, but this is the first we've ever seen running a flavor of macOS . Understandably, the process of getting 25-year-old software to run on 20-year-old gaming hardware wasn't a short one. And it's absolutely something we expect that most people would have given up on. Thankfully, Keller is made of sterner stuff. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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Over 101 million Nintendo Wii consoles have been sold since 2006, but only one of them runs Apple's Mac OS X Cheetah. Here's how it works. There aren't many Wiis running Mac OS X in the world That Wii is owned by developer Bryan Keller after he took considerable time to port Apple's 2001 software. We've seen Wiis running everything from Linux to Windows NT before, but this is the first we've ever seen running a flavor of macOS . Understandably, the process of getting 25-year-old software to run on 20-year-old gaming hardware wasn't a short one. And it's absolutely something we expect that most people would have given up on. Thankfully, Keller is made of sterner stuff. Continue Reading on AppleInsider | Discuss on our Forums
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Over 101 million Nintendo Wii consoles have been sold since 2006, but only one of them runs Apple's Mac OS X Cheetah.
There aren't many Wiis running Mac OS X in the world That Wii is owned by developer Bryan Keller after he took considerable time to port Apple's 2001 software.
We've seen Wiis running everything from Linux to Windows NT before, but this is the first we've ever seen running a flavor of macOS .
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