[geeks] Xbox2 block diagram leaked

[Andrew Weiss]

On Apr 28, 2004, at 9:30 PM, Phil Stracchino wrote:

> 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.
>
It's more the case that it's not an x86 Linux PC.

Andrew