Tyler
11-16-2005, 10:02 AM
"Microsoft's first try at a gaming console amounted to essentially a very affordable PC. It used standard PC components, including a mobile Intel processor (a hybrid Pentium 3/Celeron), a desktop NVIDIA chipset, a Western Digital hard drive and relatively standard PC DVD-ROM. The original Xbox was such a PC in fact that there were quite a few users that wanted to mod it simply to have a cheap PC, not even for gaming - including ourselves. "
Another new article up over at AnandTech (http://www.anandtech.com/systems/showdoc.aspx?i=2610) on the Xbox 360.
Another new article up over at AnandTech (http://www.anandtech.com/systems/showdoc.aspx?i=2610) on the Xbox 360.