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I know that the OS is customized for each device, but given the large degree of hardware similarities between the two devices, and actually all currently available PPCs on the market, it wouldn't be too surprising if the ROM images were interchangeable and the image from one unit worked OK on another unit. Minor glitches with specific drivers could be expected, but the OS itself could basically run.
Customizing the OS for a device is actually not such a terribly big job as the manufacturers want us to believe. I downloaded a video presentation from Microsoft's website that shows this. It's little more than a series of drag-and-drop operations to add the necessary components and drivers, then press a button and a ROM image comes out.
If I remember correctly, when WM2003SE came out, Microsoft actually flashed the PPCs of the participants of some conference with a generic, preliminary version of the OS.
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