X-BOX - Miscrosoft unveals all (Microsoft Xbox)

Member Name: aaxec

Product:	Microsoft Xbox
Date:	05/07/00 (92 review reads)
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Advantages: Processing, power, graphics, the list is endless, many games lined up.

Disadvantages: Well only find that out once it's released

The Xbox promises better games, faster and as a gamer, you probably heard it would catapult your games into the stratosphere with polygons-a-plenty, richer games and broadband Internet. And yet, until March 10, 2000, the questions remained: Would it ever come to exist? Were the stories really true? And what about that hard drive rumor? Then there was the light.

Though Xbox is first and foremost a superior gaming machine, and like traditional game consoles it’ll run through a TV set, that, my friend, is just the beginning. Out of the box, it’ll come with four game controller ports, a DVD player, a hard drive, broadband Internet, modem add-on support and much more. It's a perfect fit for your living room next year.

*This Box Definitely Rocks! Check out the impressive specs for the machine:

-Intel Pentium III processor technology with Streaming SIMD Extensions
-Custom 3-D NVIDIA graphics processor
-64 MB of RAM (unified memory architecture)
-Custom 3-D audio processor
-8GB hard drive
-4X DVD drive with movie playback
-Four game controller ports
-Expansion port
-100 MBps Ethernet

*Key Performance Measures

-Full-scene anti-aliasing
-DVD movie playback
-1920x1080 maximum resolution

However, there is one major factor that will determine whether this impressive machine will succeed...software back-up. If it does not have a strong line of games soon after release it will struggle to compete with the dominant force of the Sony PlayStation 2.

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