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Xbox Price Drops For Australia And Europe
wallitron writes: "Due to slow sales in Australia, Microsoft is looking to drop the price of it's XBox to $399 (around $200US). With a fast CPU, wizzy graphics card, ethernet, DVD and TV out, it would be a handy thing in the living room if it ran a real OS. At that price it seems good value. Check out the article on the price drop." There are price drops in Europe, too.
I think their adverts are not that subtle either: one of them runs along the "nice way to die" line. Maybe a 240 volts escaping through a programming hole?
OS/2 - because choice is a terrible thing to waste.
I still won't buy one unless there are cozy incentives. Something along the lines of smacking Bill Gates on the ass would suffice :)
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I wonder if the components are integrated inside, or can you start ripping things out. At $200 It might be worth it to start selling the stuff inside for money. Anyone out there know?
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How to kill Microsoft
Step 1) Earn $400 billion
Step 2) Buy 1 billion X-boxes and use them as computers, without buying any games
Step 3) Watch as Microsoft begins to collapse upon itself since it loses money on each unit!
Step 4) Tell all your buddies that Microsoft is dying and that they should switch to the superior Linux OS
Step 5) Play Tux Racer
Step 6) Repeat step 5
You have completed the six step program. Microsoft is now dead! Have a nice day!
Wow! Does that mean they've release another game for the XBox? Or do you just get 2 copies of Halo?
You know they call 'em fingers but I've never seen 'em fing. Oh, there they go.
A few more killer apps wouldn't hurt, either.
*nod* They should port Office to it!
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Microsoft will start shipping xbox's with every copy of Windoze sold and claim that it is an integral part of the operating system and that it is to the users benefit to have xbox functionality be a part of the OS. A bunch of states will whine about it, but when push comes to shove, they'll "force" M$ to donate 1 million xbox's to schools ensuring a bountiful supply of users in need of software (which actually does show a nice profit).
.dll extension, changing the path seperator to the backslash, and creating home, professional, server, advanced server, way super duper advanced server, and ludicrous speed server versions of the OS (though through some packaging magic, all versions of the OS will ship on a single cd).
Also, M$ will announce that the next version of xbox will use their new operating system called Unix# (that's Unix Sharp, not Unix Pound, or Unix Waffle, or Unix Tic-Tac-Toe, or Unix Number). Unix# will be just like Unix, but much better for end users and developers as it will make their lives much easier. Differences include forcing all shared libraries to have the
In the meantime, Bill Gates, who is personally funding xbox from his personal "play" account, is forced, due to weak sales, to postpone the purchase of the country of Belize until the next fiscal quarter.
Reminds me of another fruity company that I support... what's their name again?
A fool throws a stone into a well and a thousand sages can not remove it.
"With a fast CPU, wizzy graphics card, ethernet, DVD and TV out"
A game console with tv out? Amazing, it's bound to sell like hotcakes with innovation like this.
Now you get their systems too. 3 systems for 200 dollars... Score!
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Dumb flamer. We're supposed to run Linux on everything. Just yesterday I successfully ported KDE 3.0 to my shoelaces. Still working on the doorstop distribution. Soon I'll be able to sed my lawn. Ph34r.