Opensource Xbox in the "cards?"

whether or not M$ contracted the Hardware part, they still got the same result they would get if it were inhouse :p -- cheap junk sold at high prices, for maximum profit and bloated upgradeability :p
 
i'd like to use the XBOX to browse the net somehow... i think it'd be hella cool to get an OS on the HDD and then we could use that as an alternative!
 
xboc runs on a mod/hybird wince/win2k

and its not cheep junk... try geting a geforce 3, a 10 gig hard drive, some ddr ram, a motherboard, with a pentium 3, a dvd drive, aaand a contorler for 200 dollars.

microsoft is not making money on these things, it cost over 300 dollars to produce and ship each one...
 
Originally posted by satanicpoptart
xboc runs on a mod/hybird wince/win2k

and its not cheep junk... try geting a geforce 3, a 10 gig hard drive, some ddr ram, a motherboard, with a pentium 3, a dvd drive, aaand a contorler for 200 dollars.

microsoft is not making money on these things, it cost over 300 dollars to produce and ship each one...
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actually, it's more along the lines of over $400 to produce each one...

and from an "internationally recognized technical services company that analyzes the circuitry and physical composition of semiconductors devices and electronic systems for a wide range of applications in intellectual property licensing, patenting and competitive study" they found out that the XBOX operating system is run on a modified version of Windows XP (which uses the Windows 2000 Kernel) that's been changed so it cannot be read by a standard PC IDE interface.

EDIT: just found out that the PS2 has a PCMCIA slot, HDD slot, and USB & FireWire connections! :mad: :( but i already have the HDD, so :)
 
Actually, when Sony reduced the price of the PS2 to $200.00, M$ did the same thing to XBox the next day. M$ is losing $200.00 on the sale of EVERY XBox. It actually costs M$ about $400.00 to make it, so if you want to bankrupt M$, go out and buy MANY XBoxes. The high cost comes from the royalties it owes for being able to play DVD and the similar hardware of a PC. There's a thread here about this topic somewhere on MacOSX.com. Sorry don't have the link and I don't have time to go find it.

XBox runs on a modified version (significanlty reduced size) of the Win2K kernel. I think they removed IE from it.

If M$ can give away $200.00 with the sale of EVERY XBox, it must be made of money.
 
Originally posted by chemistry_geek
M$ is losing $200.00 on the sale of EVERY XBox. It actually costs M$ about $400.00 to make it, so if you want to bankrupt M$, go out and buy MANY XBoxes.
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If you also want to bankrupt yourself, go out and buy many xboxes. :D

"People are not made of money. They are made of dumb." - xoot
 
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