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Xbox 360 Operating System
Posted by: Luke Date added: 02.20.06
Categories: [ 360 Extras ][ General Xbox 360 ]
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In a recent blog post on the Microsoft Developer Network site, new information has been revealed about the Xbox 360's operating system. Originally thought by some to be based on Windows 2000 OS, the Xbox 360 operating system has now been confirmed to run on a specially built system.


MSDN Blog

There are a number of reasons both Xbox and 360 have their own OS. First, it gives Xbox a chance to own its own destiny in terms of architecture. When you have your own operating system, it's easy to go in and change things. Second comes performance. There isn't much of a hardware abstraction layer on Xbox - most stuff talks almost directly to hardware. This eliminates a lot of software overhead you might find on a PC. Third is security. With our own operating system, it also becomes a lot easier to design & implement our own security architecture. As the community is finding out, there is a lot of custom stuff.


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