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Building a PC Equal to XBox for the Same Price or Less?

Posted by Cliff on from the a-challenge-to-the-readership dept.

Lonnold asks: "Every time the topic of Linux on the XBox and/or XBox modding comes up, some one always responds, 'I can build a better PC from scratch, why waste time modding a game console?' So that's my challenge, can anyone demonstrate that it is cheaper to build a PC comparable to the XBox specs?"

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  1. Um, loss leader anyone? by ByronEllis · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well, since Microsoft is taking a loss on the XBox hardware so you might not be able to accomplish that. Its pretty standard Gillette-style marketing practice (give the razor away and make a killing on the blades).

    Of course the 'killing on the blades' part is proving to be more difficult than they anticipated, but so it goes.