- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
Posted by: aM Inspire
Come on people. Rip off? No.
Overpowered? Before it's time? A good deal? Perhaps.
Three dual core 3.2GHz Processors with 1 MB L2 cache. Half a gig od 700MHz GDDR3. 22.4 GB/sec memory bandwidth. As I understand it, it actually comes with the 20 GB Hard Drive, which, depending on the buffer, interface, and drive speed may well be worth about $50 or $60. Wi-Fi ready (Wirelss-g compatible). It has enough features that it is actually extremely comparable to a PC. Match that with the fact that you'll need no antivirus or spyware removal; you won't have a blue screen of death or system crashes; that everything will work - just like consoles always have;
Join that to the fact that, if you take into account inflaction, it costs less that what the original NES did and it's not a rip off.
It may not be right for you or your situation, but I believe M$ did a good job creating a good console - they'll simply have to forgive me for not buying it or hire a shrink to help them cope with their hurt feelings.
not to be rude or anything, but i thought it was actually a triple core processor, with hyper-threading like technology on each core, not 3 dual core processors.