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What To Do With a Free Xbox 360 Pro?

Posted by samzenpus on from the donate-it-to-me dept.

OzPeter writes "Last week I won an Xbox 360 Pro. However, I am not a gamer, and after looking at the current MS offerings, I am not tempted to become one. But I am in the market for a Media Center PC that I can use for streaming TV shows off the 'net as well as general web browsing and displaying video through the HDMI port. With that in mind, I again looked at MS and saw they seemed to have positioned the Xbox as an adjunct to a separate Windows Media Center PC and not as a stand alone unit (which is not what I want). So, once again, I did some more research into the Xbox homebrew scene and discovered things like Xbox Linux. But after reading that site, it is apparent that MS is trying to beat down the homebrewers, and I am left wondering how much hassle it would be to go down that path. So my question is: how should I re-purpose my Xbox? Is it worthwhile doing the Homebrew/Linux option (and can anyone share any experiences)? Are there other ways of re-purposing the device that I haven't considered? Or should I just keep it boxed up as a Christmas present for a favorite nephew?"

18 of 416 comments (clear)

  1. Jeez, you don't have to brag about it. by tommut · · Score: 5, Funny

    In similar news I just won a million dollars, however I am not much of a consumer. Anyone know of any good ways to spend this cash?

    1. Re:Jeez, you don't have to brag about it. by thrillseeker · · Score: 5, Funny

      Anyone know of any good ways to spend this cash?

      My thoughts intrigue you, and you wish to subscribe to my newsletter ...

    2. Re:Jeez, you don't have to brag about it. by pig_man1899 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Cocaine and Hookers my good man; cocaine and hookers

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      The manifest absurdity of it is too obvious to require explanation
  2. Your timing is perfect! by BlackSabbath · · Score: 1, Funny

    Don't listen to any of these other twits banging on about charities this and Linux that.
    I absolutely MUST have it to play Brutal Legend! (due for release next week)

    This is no coincidence...Fate demands you give it me.

  3. So..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Will it blend?

  4. Re:Simple. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Exactly.. send it to Mythbusters and ask them to prove or disprove the myth that the Xbox 360 has no shrapnel when detonated with an internal detonator while in a microwave. :P

  5. Two chicks at one time man. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Two chicks at one time...

    1. Re:Two chicks at one time man. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Poor you.. you need to pay 1mio to get pleased by two women at one time...

  6. Re:Penny Arcade Charity by Mad+Merlin · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...the IRS can't tax karma

    Yet. No doubt they're working on it.

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  7. Re:Use it for casual gaming gift it, or sell it by EdIII · · Score: 3, Funny

    As such it was more about action than tinkering. The tinkering montage was just a theatrical device.

    Dear God. Hand in your geek card NOW.

    I could not disagree MORE. A-Team was about how this group of expertly trained ex-military personnel kept constantly getting trapped in spaces full of parts, tools, various types of fuel and explosives, and other various materials. That coupled with Mr. T's magical tools which just coincidentally looked like a bunch of gold jewelery on his neck, allowed them to break through the various walls comprising their temporary prisons with a different death machine each week.

    That show was a gold mine for little geeks growing up that have been tinkering and hacking away since then. It was definitely more about the "tinkering" than the "action". Any true card carrying geek on Slashdot knows this.

    Come on. Hand it over.........

  8. Re:Hospital by bitt3n · · Score: 2, Funny

    Give it to a local children's hospital. Cheer up some kids that could use it.

    preferably with a copy of TRAUMA CENTER: UNDER THE KNIFE

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  9. Re:eBay it (or otherwise) by Ihmhi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Mommy, why are those old guys fighting on the lawn in their underwear?

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  10. Here is what you can do by Taco+Cowboy · · Score: 2, Funny

    Auction it on E-bay with the announcement that all proceeds will go to fight hunger in America

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  11. Re:eBay it (or otherwise) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    You really fixed it good, thanks! What you wrote is dead on and to the point and adds substantively to the discussion.

    Grade: A

    Notes: Rock on!

    (The sooner this fucking awesome 'LOL FIXED THAT FOR YOU' meme takes over the internet, the better)

    There, fixed that for you.

  12. Hi Uncle Peter by Muros · · Score: 2, Funny

    Long time no see! We all miss you loads here, when are you arriving home for Christmas?

    Lots of love,
    your favourite nephew

  13. I know what you can do with it... by mjpaci · · Score: 3, Funny

    Where's that goatse image when you need it...

  14. Will it blend? by damn_registrars · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why nobody has asked this question before is a great cosmic mystery.

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  15. Re:eBay it (or otherwise) by whoop · · Score: 2, Funny

    Ah thanks. I was waiting for the right moment to jump in.

    Now, what's this ex-box you youngsters keep talkin bout? What was it changed into? Back in my day, we had cardboard boxes, and we loved 'em!