There used be a clean distinction between PC gamers and console players, but with the arrival of the Xbox 360 everything changes. The Xbox 360 made the lines a lot more fuzzier. Basically the Xbox 360 is a mid-ranged gaming PC that Microsoft shoved into a sleek package, so sleek in fact it makes you wonder how they did it. The Xbox 360's user interface is almost as good as TiVo's in terms of slick presentation and ease of use. But as good as it seems the 360 has its flaws. While Microsoft is finally amassing a good library of games, Sony and Nintendo race to finish their consoles. Those two companies better hurry because the Xbox 360 will be a hard temptation for gamers to resist for too long.
Features: The Xbox 360 has two versions of the Xbox 360 currently avaiable. There is the $299 Core System which delivers the basics: the console, a single wired controller (boo, hiss) and a standard composite A/V cable. The $399 "premium" bundle includes the console, a wireless game controller, a communications headset for Xbox Live, a component A/V cable, an Ethernet networking cable, and (most important) a snap-on 20GB hard drive. The 20GB hard drive is absolutely necessary to play games designed for the old Xbox and enjoy the 360's more advanced media features. The 360 was designed ground up to be ready for HDTV era. The 360 includes Dolby Digital audio, can play more than 200 games designed for the original Xbox, and Microsoft is finally added more games to the library after the post-launch lull. The Xbox 360 has a customized IBM PowerPC CPU, boasts three processing cores running at 3.2GHz each, each offering two hardware threads, while the ATI graphics processor is said to be able to pump out 500 million triangles per second. But, for now the Xbox 360 is the console to buy. Special thanks
cnet.
There used be a clean distinction between PC gamers and console players, but with the arrival of the Xbox 360 everything changes. The Xbox 360 made the lines a lot more fuzzier. Basically the Xbox 360 is a mid-ranged gaming PC that Microsoft shoved into a sleek package, so sleek in fact it makes you wonder how they did it. The Xbox 360's user interface is almost as good as TiVo's in terms of slick presentation and ease of use. But as good as it seems the 360 has its flaws. While Microsoft is finally amassing a good library of games, Sony and Nintendo race to finish their consoles. Those two companies better hurry because the Xbox 360 will be a hard temptation for gamers to resist for too long. Features: The Xbox 360 has two versions of the Xbox 360 currently avaiable. There is the $299 Core System which delivers the basics: the console, a single wired controller (boo, hiss) and a standard composite A/V cable. The $399 "premium" bundle includes the console, a wireless game controller, a communications headset for Xbox Live, a component A/V cable, an Ethernet networking cable, and (most important) a snap-on 20GB hard drive. The 20GB hard drive is absolutely necessary to play games designed for the old Xbox and enjoy the 360's more advanced media features. The 360 was designed ground up to be ready for HDTV era. The 360 includes Dolby Digital audio, can play more than 200 games designed for the original Xbox, and Microsoft is finally added more games to the library after the post-launch lull. The Xbox 360 has a customized IBM PowerPC CPU, boasts three processing cores running at 3.2GHz each, each offering two hardware threads, while the ATI graphics processor is said to be able to pump out 500 million triangles per second. But, for now the Xbox 360 is the console to buy. Special thanks cnet.
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