27th February 2004, 2:37 PM
XBox has two great things going for it. That hard drive, and the built in ethernet. Neither of them are add-ons, which is of PARAMOUNT importance!
Nintendo: I can vouch for that!
Since the online adapter is built in from the get-go, everyone who has an XBox already has the tools they need to get online (save a working broadband connection). They don't have to worry about getting people to buy the online adapter for the system because it's already there. Same with the HD.
Still, if they manage to find a memory card that can store gigs of memory (oh, right they have those) and um, make them AFFORDABLE, I'd be all for using those instead of a hard drive simply due to the speed difference.
Nintendo: I can vouch for that!
Since the online adapter is built in from the get-go, everyone who has an XBox already has the tools they need to get online (save a working broadband connection). They don't have to worry about getting people to buy the online adapter for the system because it's already there. Same with the HD.
Still, if they manage to find a memory card that can store gigs of memory (oh, right they have those) and um, make them AFFORDABLE, I'd be all for using those instead of a hard drive simply due to the speed difference.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)