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To: Burlitis who wrote (1484)	9/15/1999 11:43:00 AM
From: Scot	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1992

Alex, Here's a little article on the X-Box: -Scot >>>>>>>>>>begin quote<<<<<<<<<<<< msnbc.com MICROSOFT HAS NOT FORMALLY announced its new console, which is currently referred to as X-Box. But a few analysts and software publishers where invited to attend highly secretive demonstrations of the new system last week during the European Computer Trade Show in London. (Microsoft is a partner in MSNBC.) According to sources who attended those closed-door sessions, X-Box will feature a 500-megahertz Intel processor backed by the nVidia GeForce graphics chip ? an innovative graphics chip that reportedly generates 3-D graphics without tapping into the main processor. Though X-Box will feature a DVD drive, no one has mentioned whether it will have the navigational software needed to run DVD movies. Compare next-generation console specs One of the system?s unique features will be a multi-gigabyte hard disk. None of the other ?next generation? game consoles has an internal storage system. Unlike Dreamcast, which featured both a proprietary operating system and a customized version of Windows CE, X-Box will only feature a Windows operating system. According to sources, the system will have 64 megabytes of textured RAM, a 56K modem and an Internet Explorer-based browser. Despite all of these PC-esque features, X-Box will be a closed-box system with instant boot-up, giving it the same simplified operation that distinguishes game consoles from standard computers.