[geeks] Xbox2 block diagram leaked

[Phil Stracchino]

On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 11:47:40AM -0400, Andrew Weiss wrote:
> On Apr 27, 2004, at 8:02 PM, Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> >I don't see how a big increase in the cost of the XBox2 over the XBox 
> >is
> >going to solve that problem.
> >
> Because supposedly people cannot use the new XBox2 as a cheap Linux PC.

Ah, so you're saying hardware lock-in is a key part of the Xbox2 design?

Wonder how long it'll take for somebody to hack an Xbox2 to boot Linux
or *BSD?  I'll bet it's a lot less time than it took MS to design it.


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