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To: kash johal who wrote (96034)	3/1/2000 1:40:00 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1570884

Kash, <You seem very threatened by it and diss it at every turn.> You know me better than that, Kash. I don't care whose CPU is in there, whether it's AMD's or Intel's. I still don't think X-Box stands a chance against Sony Playstation 2. I can understand why Microsoft will want to try, and I do know that Microsoft has a lot of experience in PC games at least. <Folks already develop games for PC's. Yes those CD's won't run directly. But thats only because MS will have added a security feature only to run X-box games. The game developer only develps ONCE for PC and the x-box.> Will the X-Box have a hard drive? No game console has one, as far as I know. Unless X-Box has a hard drive, no existing game made for the PC will be able to run on it. Also, developing for both the PC and the X-Box is much more difficult than you think. PC game developers are already going out of their minds trying to debug a game on many possible PC configurations out there. Trust me on this. The idea of X-Box is that developers will have an easier time because they'll target one config. To develop for both the X-Box and the PC in general takes away that advantage, and we're back to square one again. <In addition it would seem to me that X-box would replace all the current webtv boxes. And as the X-box allegedly has a hard drive it may well feature a TIVO kind of digital VCR feature set as well.> Now that you mention it, I guess this could be a real scenario where X-Box can succeed, as an "entertainment appliance" instead of a direct competitor to Playstation 2. If that's the case, well then I think X-Box will be a terrific idea, if Microsoft can focus its goals properly. Tenchusatsu

To: kash johal who wrote (96034)	3/1/2000 4:07:00 PM
From: ptanner	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570884

kash <And as the X-box allegedly has a hard drive it may well feature a TIVO kind of digital VCR feature set as well.> I am interested in the TIVO type of VCR -- at present the technology seems too proprietary (subscription service component) and relatively limited capacity. I doubt the x-box, presently speculated to have a small HD (4gig), would work well in this area. However, it would be a great extension of the x-box concept. The flexibility of a PC is one of its major advantages relative to single purpose devices. Of course, this can also lead to complexity which is one its major limitations for many. PT

To: kash johal who wrote (96034)	3/1/2000 5:46:00 PM
From: Petz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1570884

Kash, good comments on XBox. I wonder if the reason that TBird is coming out before Spitfire is because M$ gets first dibs on Spitfires. Socketed Thunderbird will be out in April or May. Spitfire and Slotted Tbird will appear in July or August. Mustang and AMD760 will be released in September or October. Sledgehammer will pop up in Q1 of 2001 Mustang will have 16-way associative L2 cache from jc-news.com quoted from table at aceshardware.com Petz