XBOX 360 Hard Drive
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austinboy9 said:
hmmm... good question. I vote SATA... because then it'll cost more to replace the drive and I'll be pissed.
SATA I would say, can't see them stepping back from the current standard, plus it's space saving on the fitting and cables.
Yeah, I think it'll definately be SATA... ITs not much more expensive and the benefits (faster, smaller cables) outway the drawbacks(price).
HDD is rumored to be a separate item, like a Giant Memory Card or something.
That totally fits the stereotype: Micro$oft.
SATA would be my guess. It has some pretty big advantages over ATA including transfer rates (150MBps at the moment compared to 133MBps for ATA. The near future will show transfer speeds of 300Mbps and even 600MBps) and hot-swapability which is ideal for the removable hard drive concept. Guess we'll find out soon enough... 
This is the impression I had when I read all the information about it. I mean, with Microsoft trying harder and harder to make their products unhackable (Riiiiight... as if that is ever going to happen. There is always a bigger fish. [metaphorically speaking, of course]), I figure they'll use another media type which far more people are unfamilar with. In this case, I think that sold state memory makes more sense in my mind. That, I believe, would make creating new firmware and hardware much more difficult. I guess we'll all find out in a few days, with the XBox 360 being shown on MTV.djbass said:
- Greg
Yeah... I'd watch MTV too if I had absolutly no self respect!Rookio said:Hey Linuxnoob, keep us posted on that will ya. I'd watch it if i had MTV...
he he... j/k
I just hate that channel, can we have another program about some teenage douchebage who can't handle being upper-middle class and a GAP shopping victim...
But I'd like to know about the Xbox 360...
I hope that thing gets hacked really quick. I think Bill's a d**k and I like when his sh*t gets hacked.
If so many people feel this way, then:
Stop buying/using their products! It's very easy; I've done so (with the exception of the XBox because I don't have finances to replace it), and I'm never going back to Microsoft products.
I've switched permantly to Linux (I might try Macintosh though). In the next generation of game consoles, I will only buy Sony or Nintendo. Buy computers from Penguin Computing, so MS doesn't get the license fees you would pay on a Dell or Compaq or anything like that. Look for Microsoft alternatives. Don't subscribe to XBox Live. Finally, (and this part is asking a lot, I know) give up PC gaming. Those companies, I'm sure, have to give some money to The Man for the priveledge of being able to run their games on the World's Most Popular Operating System, because (yet again, monopoly) otherwise they don't have a market for thier product.
I know that many of you are thinking, "Hey, Microsoft doesn't make a dime off my computers! I pirate everything!" That's only true to a point. The very fact you are using the Microsoft Windows operating environment encourages the further development and use of this monopolous (my made up word of the day) software. As long as you are running it, people look at your computer and think, "He's running Windows. I will, too!" Stealing from Microsoft is not the solution in this case, simply because the company is too large. The real solution is to bite the bullet and give it up. Halo 3 is not worth the continuing presence of this market giant. Longhorn is long overdue: get the Macintosh Tiger OS, or any 64 bit Linux distrobution. Everybody has theirs out except Microsoft because they have become big, slow, and clumsy.
Also, look at their practices:
Remember the "power cord recall?" All of us know the truth: Microsoft knew it was the PSU that was faulty, but they decided all of us are morons and lied to us. The only thing that they had in their eyes at that point was dollar signs. They knew they could afford it if one family died in a housefire caused by a faulty PSU, but that it would cost them a lot more if they would have just fixed the problem. As it is, if an XBox stops functioning because of the Foxlink, that person is forced to go out and buy a replacement. Microsoft wins either way, financially!
I've said it a hundred times, I'll say it a hundred times more: if Microsoft had TRUE competition in the market place, their would be so much more innovation, creativity, and honesty. I wouldn't hate them if it weren't for the monopoly, because they could not have abused their power. A 50-50 market share is NEEDED. So, in summary, buy other products! Contribute to the solution, not the problem! Viva La Revolution! (I got a Linux shirt that says that with the penguin in the middle: I've practiaclly worn it out.)
- Greg
Stop buying/using their products! It's very easy; I've done so (with the exception of the XBox because I don't have finances to replace it), and I'm never going back to Microsoft products.
I've switched permantly to Linux (I might try Macintosh though). In the next generation of game consoles, I will only buy Sony or Nintendo. Buy computers from Penguin Computing, so MS doesn't get the license fees you would pay on a Dell or Compaq or anything like that. Look for Microsoft alternatives. Don't subscribe to XBox Live. Finally, (and this part is asking a lot, I know) give up PC gaming. Those companies, I'm sure, have to give some money to The Man for the priveledge of being able to run their games on the World's Most Popular Operating System, because (yet again, monopoly) otherwise they don't have a market for thier product.
I know that many of you are thinking, "Hey, Microsoft doesn't make a dime off my computers! I pirate everything!" That's only true to a point. The very fact you are using the Microsoft Windows operating environment encourages the further development and use of this monopolous (my made up word of the day
) software. As long as you are running it, people look at your computer and think, "He's running Windows. I will, too!" Stealing from Microsoft is not the solution in this case, simply because the company is too large. The real solution is to bite the bullet and give it up. Halo 3 is not worth the continuing presence of this market giant. Longhorn is long overdue: get the Macintosh Tiger OS, or any 64 bit Linux distrobution. Everybody has theirs out except Microsoft because they have become big, slow, and clumsy.Also, look at their practices:
Remember the "power cord recall?" All of us know the truth: Microsoft knew it was the PSU that was faulty, but they decided all of us are morons and lied to us. The only thing that they had in their eyes at that point was dollar signs. They knew they could afford it if one family died in a housefire caused by a faulty PSU, but that it would cost them a lot more if they would have just fixed the problem. As it is, if an XBox stops functioning because of the Foxlink, that person is forced to go out and buy a replacement. Microsoft wins either way, financially!
I've said it a hundred times, I'll say it a hundred times more: if Microsoft had TRUE competition in the market place, their would be so much more innovation, creativity, and honesty. I wouldn't hate them if it weren't for the monopoly, because they could not have abused their power. A 50-50 market share is NEEDED. So, in summary, buy other products! Contribute to the solution, not the problem! Viva La Revolution!
(I got a Linux shirt that says that with the penguin in the middle: I've practiaclly worn it out.)- Greg
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AMEN. i gave up PC gaming alittle while ago to switch to Gentoo Linux. and i have never turned back. i think the only things which is stopping people going linux/mac is:
1) Effort - Most people are lazy
2) Socialble (i think thats how its spelt) culture - with pirates on (insert named P2P Program) most software is free and most not all but most run WINDOZE only
3) and finally- Games, not many games for linux but software campanies are noicing the market in Linux and are thinking of making games for it. Think DOOM3 Its was in production when the WINDOZE version was in production.
1) Effort - Most people are lazy
2) Socialble (i think thats how its spelt) culture - with pirates on (insert named P2P Program) most software is free and most not all but most run WINDOZE only
3) and finally- Games, not many games for linux but software campanies are noicing the market in Linux and are thinking of making games for it. Think DOOM3 Its was in production when the WINDOZE version was in production.
If it's hot swappable, imagine the possibilities.... i.e take hard drive from machine to PC !..... hmmm, devious thoughts need not be mentioned on this forum!
And second that notion on hacking Xbox 2 , simply for my own enjoyment.
I'm a greedy pirating thief, need not lie about it.
And second that notion on hacking Xbox 2 , simply for my own enjoyment.
I'm a greedy pirating thief, need not lie about it.
Only problem is the game / hardware support but it's coming along well... only thing now, I am being leared more towards XP64 even though I recently uninstalled it through lack of driver/hardware support ... Far Cry 64 has been released already now, would love to see the improvements on my Athlon 64 system, but can't bring myself to format / reinstall just to see it... extra hard drive and dual boot might be in order me thinks.jwin767 said: