23rd March 2006, 3:50 PM
Yes, but both of those companies have made sure they are removable. I had no intention of suggesting that the hard disk was hard wired into the system. The XBox is the only one to make that mistake. No, just like the N64 add-on, the hard disks should be removable. The idea is that you should RARELY need to change them, since "never" isn't feasible. Plus, compaired to SD cards, (which, by the way, on average are still about $80 for a gig), you just get more bang for your buck. It is more cost efficient for the consumer.
"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)