[TriLUG] Re: XBox

[Kevin - The Alchemist - Sonney]

On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 01:33:58PM -0500, Chris Merrill spoke thusly:
> I must be missing something here...what, exactly, would be the point
> of putting Linux on an XBox (besides "because it's there")??  Could
> you still run the games on it?  What else would you use it for?
> Does it have DSP hardware on it that could make it useful as a
> TiVo, for instance?

Builtin Ethernet, NVidea chipset, P3 CPU, 8 G harddrive, 4USB
ports. I'm not sure on the RAM, but I'd hahve to bet on at least 64M,
because of the games.

It's basically, if hackable, a $300 computer capable of doing
anything a desktop can do, only it uses TV Out. 

Think about it. And M$ is taking a big loss to ship them.

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