How long until Microsoft releases "Xbox OS?"

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With the mantle drivers incoming creating an even closer link between consoles/pc allowing the porting of games even simpler, how long until we can simply buy the xbox os and build our own pcs?

Would be pretty awesome imo. Build your own hardware, install the xbox OS, and you play with via xbox live.

Would you support this if it ever came to fruition?
 
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I don't see this happening. It's called Windows.
 
Next Next Gen like 10+ years from now. I think consoles won't last and instead it's going to be cloud based.
 
My conspiracy theory is that Microsoft will release a Windows 8 laptop and All-in-1 computer with an X1-alike cpu in it.
 
Considering MS is working towards a unified ecosystem, and that the Xbox, along with the WP and W8RT devices are closed hardware for the most part I would say never.

They are working towards getting rid of W8RT by 2015 and making WP the OS that takes over tablets, so I don't see them making more OS's when they are trying to cut down on them. I think the better question is when will MS create a Xbox like level of the windows OS to turn PC's into something similar to steam boxes with something like steam's big picture mode.
 
Never. Xbox OS is built on specific hardware. And while it is run on dev kits that don't match final specs that's a far cry from fully testing and certifying the endless array of device drivers that would need to be supported.

And Mantle is AMD only. Nobody is abandoning nVidia just yet.

AMD's mantle drivers are an underhanded move in the PC arena in general. We'll see what happens with that.