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[twistedsymphony]

QUOTE(enixn @ Jun 29 2005, 11:41 AM)

in light of seeing the new "xbox as pc" thread closed that i wanted to respond to, i figured i'd respond to my same forum topic which i guess the other guy couldnt find.

[Ballz2TheWallz]

QUOTE(mikeandbandit @ Jun 8 2005, 02:10 AM)

MS supports the mod community and the options it provides

[xionanx]

I'm sure MS will release a larger HDD as an expansion.  However its also easy to imagine 3rd party companies releasing larger HDD's as well, since they are removable.  Also, since they are removable you can assume they wont be "locked" like the current gen XBOX HDD, which means we "MAY" be able to crack open the case that holds the drive and install an off the shelf 2.5" HDD the size we want.

The DVD Drive that comes standard with the 360 will be either IDE or SATA, once again an off the shelf product.  So I'm willing to bet we could easily replace it as well.

The sticking points for me are the RAM and the OS.

People seem to love Linux, however its practical uses for the average person are limited right now.  So unless MS releases a version of WinXP or Longhorn for the 360, I cant see me bothering to run Linux.

The RAM on the other hand, 512MB isn't bad, but I would love to upgrade to at least 1GB.  But, ONLY if I could run a OS other then Linux on the 360.

[twistedsymphony]

[enixn]

QUOTE(twistedsymphony @ Jun 29 2005, 08:18 PM)

I completely get what you're saying but what software do you use, and is there a Linux version... see, THATS where the problem is. 

[Bogus8]

QUOTE(xionanx @ Jun 30 2005, 02:07 AM)

People seem to love Linux, however its practical uses for the average person are limited right now.  So unless MS releases a version of WinXP or Longhorn for the 360, I cant see me bothering to run Linux.

[xionanx]

QUOTE(Bogus8 @ Jun 30 2005, 06:16 PM)

Trust, I'm not a linux nut... I am on a windows box right now... but I do have several linux boxes (they are specialized for me, fileserver/MythTV box) but ONLY reason I don't use it as a desktop is I do a lot of pro audio and video editing and I need Cubase and Vegas and such... IF they had that for linux I would switch...

[Paranoid666au]

The Xbox 360 may not get a a lot of use as a PC.

How many Linux distos run on PowerPC?

How many Linux programs run on PowerPC?

I think the answer is not much.


It'll be great when they make a media centre for it, that'll be shit hot! But other than running specialised apps made for it there won't be much else that can run on it.

[Bogus8]

[IAmCanadian]

I dunno if this has been said but...

If you DONT need a hdd to play on the xbox 360... whats holding the dash? Im guessing onboard flash memory, so this may make modding a little harder

[twistedsymphony]

QUOTE(IAmCanadian @ Jul 8 2005, 05:02 AM)

I dunno if this has been said but...

[M-K-E!]

i thought you needed the hdd there to play games...and it was an optional upgrade not an optional hdd...

[twistedsymphony]

While the Xbox does come with a 20GB HDD... some from MS have gone on record as saying that it is "not required to play games" and "only required if you have an XBL account" Meaning that you could theoretically remove the hard drive and still have full, non-live functionality over your Xbox360.

Which leads some to believe that if this is true, in addition to the Hard drive there is some internal flash memory used for the dashboard/xbox guide and caching.

[LowProfileWurm]

[twistedsymphony]

QUOTE(LowProfileWurm @ Jul 8 2005, 03:52 PM)

Since the HDD won't be "needed" to play games... how are you going to carry your Gamertag (preferences, stats, etc.) around when you go to a friend's house?  Will you all be able to sign on to XBL and get your info there?  Or will you have to keep it on a memory card... even though there are only 2 ports?  I'm curious how that would work.  Keeping all the stats and preferences on XBL servers makes the most sense, but it would be very hard to do that if not everyone has an internet connected 360...