What To Do With a Free Xbox 360 Pro?

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?"

Comments

Give it to me.

[Anonymous Coward]

I'll make good use of it.

Frosty.

Get a REAL Media Center

[panoptical2]

Dude... If you really want to, sell the thing for something like $150 and put that money toward getting an actual media center PC if you really want it that much.

A modded Xbox is no good to anyone but yourself, and even so, you'll spend hours tinkering with it before it even remotely does what you want it to do. Also, if it does RROD, your out of luck getting it replaced if you mod it in any way.

Re:eBay it (or otherwise)

[Tynin]

(The sooner this fucking stupid 'LOL FIXED THAT FOR YOU' meme ends the better, sorry)

I see you are new here... ;)

Re:eBay it (or otherwise)

[Barny]

Git offa mah lawn!

Re:eBay it (or otherwise)

[ag0ny]

Git offa mah lawn!

YOU get off my lawn, 6-digit youngster!

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