[erikj]

Apple even considered licensing the NT kernel before the acquisition: http://lowendmac.com/2013/the-rise-and-fall-of-apples-gil-am...

[walrus01]

I forgot about that. Windows NT 3.5 and I think 4.0 were ported to the DEC Alpha CPU architecture and shipped on a number of (very expensive) DEC workstations at the time. So it is not totally nuts to possibly port it to the then-current Apple/Motorola PowerPC architecture as well.

https://www.google.com/search?q=dec+alpha+windows+nt&ie=utf-...

[geesejuggler]

I thought there once was a Windows NT version for PowerPC, but it was never released, or was pulled short after release. Never seen it in action though.

[linguae]

It was released; in fact, I actually have a Windows NT 4.0 CD that has a PowerPC version on the disk, alongside an x86 version.

[yuhong]

But short-lived. First was NT 3.51, and it did not even make it to NT4 SP3.