VIA/Apex Game Console Details Leaked

Posted by simoniker on Monday January 5, 2004 @04:55PM from the not-so-much-of-a-phantom? dept.

DammiTT writes "It seems that Apex are releasing a new PC-based 'console', using VIA components, later this year. It'll be announced during CES on January 8th." However, HardOCP already has some initial pictures and details up on its site, for this "ApeXtreme Personal Gaming Console and DVD Player", or PGC. According to this early, unconfirmed report, it's running a 1.4Ghz VIA chipset, the CN400, and "will be powered by a near-instant-on version of WinXP (embedded) with Windows Media Player, and... will have removable media in the form of DVD/CD." It comes with "a 40GB IDE hard drive... you can play DVD movies, audio and video CDs... [and] the price points will be at US$299 and US$399."

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Re:Mmm.. Cheap Linux workstation? by BrainInAJar · 2004-01-05 17:38 · Score: 0, Redundant

There will be no DRM. RTFA.
We are told the OS will not be "locked down", certainly inviting many modifications by the end user.
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