I agree, I use MP3s to preview music. I don't have a CD burner, and if I did I would still probably could would get the CDs myself. This is because CD-Rs aren't as sturdy as retail quality CDs, and I like being able to Beam my CDs to my.mp3.com (it doesn't recognize copies of CDs or Mixs. Several of my friends have CD burners, and I get them to make me CDs of live stuff, because I can't get many CDs of that.
I agree with you on the X-Box. If you have been reading PS2/Dolphin/DreamCast websites recently, you will know that this isn't really new stuff, Microsoft unveiled it at a GDC (Game Developer's Conference) about 1 1/2 weeks ago (don't know why it came to Slashdot so late). Some other important points are:
Windows will have to be re-written to be less buggy, and use less of the 64MB of memory that the system comes with.
Most of the games coming to this system will be ports of PC games. It will take a while before we see original games like on current consoles. As I see it, because most games will be ports of games that people have already heard to much about, or have played already, people will not get that same feeling from playing those games. I remember staying up late trying to beat Kefka on my Super Nintendo, or sitting around trying beat Resident Evil 2 on my PSX without saving to get an A rank. I was addicted to these games, and if I have to play a system that boasts Quake III, Unreal Tournament and some strategy games that I already beat, count me out.
Accessory wise, Microsft doesn't have much experience with this. They have a couple of Joysticks for their PCs, but I can't imagine them coming up with as good a controller as a N64 or Playstation.
Microsoft Doesn't have time on their side. The DreamCast will have most likely as large a following as the Playstation now, Dolphin's Specs will be released and people will be gawking at those, and PS2 will have had a year to establish itself in the states, which gives it time to have some better games, and new peripherals.
I work in the technology division of a computer information service. Our original server names were not very exciting, east for the east coast, and central for the west). As time went by, we got some pretty interesting ones, including Zeus, Ophelia, Cyanide, lithium, beverage, iron, Strife, Elm (trees seem to be thought of as professional), Oscar, and Elmo.
I work in the very relaxed department, where there are not many restrictions, because our headquarters is in California, so our computer names were whatever we wanted them to be. On the other coast, they had to use a stupid naming convention: [user_name][operating_system][random_number], which I think is very boring.
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I agree, I use MP3s to preview music. I don't have a CD burner, and if I did I would still probably could would get the CDs myself. This is because CD-Rs aren't as sturdy as retail quality CDs, and I like being able to Beam my CDs to my.mp3.com (it doesn't recognize copies of CDs or Mixs. Several of my friends have CD burners, and I get them to make me CDs of live stuff, because I can't get many CDs of that.
I work in the technology division of a computer information service. Our original server names were not very exciting, east for the east coast, and central for the west). As time went by, we got some pretty interesting ones, including Zeus, Ophelia, Cyanide, lithium, beverage, iron, Strife, Elm (trees seem to be thought of as professional), Oscar, and Elmo.
I work in the very relaxed department, where there are not many restrictions, because our headquarters is in California, so our computer names were whatever we wanted them to be. On the other coast, they had to use a stupid naming convention: [user_name][operating_system][random_number], which I think is very boring.