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Leaked X-Box 2 Specs Include PPC CPU

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the two-scoops-of-acronyms dept.

Jutebox150 writes "According to the MercuryNews.com, the specifications for Microsoft's successor to the Xbox were revealed. The specs for the next Xbox, at least according to this report, are as follows: Three IBM-designed 64-bit microprocessors, the same chips now used in Apple Computer's high-end G5 PowerMac. This will give the new Xbox 'more computing power than most personal computers.' A graphics chip designed by ATI Technologies that will clock in with speeds faster than the upcoming R400. But what I found most surprising is there are no talks about an internal hard drive, rather suggesting that the next Xbox will instead rely on flash memory, and, depending on hardware cost, backwards compatibility could be out of the question."

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  1. dupe.. by gl4ss · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ..also it's just worthless information for most parts, so much speculation.

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  2. Re:Next Xbox Thoughts... by negacao · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What we need to do is build our own private internet; no commercial entities (e.g. spammers) allowed. :)

  3. Darwin/Xbox? by caveat · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Given that Darwin is open-source, anybody else think there'll be a push to get it running on the Xbox? It shouldn't be that hard - maybe somebody will even go so far as to come up with an extremely clever hack that would let one install the rest of X on an Xbox...mmm...

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  4. Re:Next Xbox Thoughts... by tiger99 · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    It is a careful move to ensure that, like their junk OS, you will need to replace it every few years, because in this case the flash memory will wear out, and the cost of removing and replacing the chips will exceed that of a new machine. A hard drive would be replaceable by the user, although it could be made slightly difficult.

    It is sad that Sir Bill and his cronies can put so much effort into a toy, but not do anything constructive about their vile, bug-ridden, insecure products, particularly Lookout and Inept Exploder, which continue to damage the world. It suggests that Sir Bill has in fact not grown up yet, either that or is so arrogant that he does not care how much destruction occurs as a result of his delibarately incorporated automatic virus downloading facility.

    I hope that the next court judgment (there will be one, because he is ignoring the last one) does order the breakup of the Convicted Monopolist. Bill should be assigned to the toys division, and never, ever let near real software.

    Meanwhile, I would suggest that M$ be known as a toy company, because that is clearly the only area where they have the slightest amount of competence.