On 5/5/05, Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On May 5, 2005, at 2:54 PM, Todd Walton wrote: > > > Perhaps. But one of the effects that Windows seems to be aiming at is > > to make that upgrade cycle go away. Not only is the Xbox OS be > > upgradable, but they're building the Xboxes on standard PC hardware, > > meaning it will be upgradable too. > > Sure. But you can't swap the processor or the graphics chip.
True. > Thus, > you need to upgrade every 3 years (even if you can keep all the > external peripherals). Besides, making external hardware peripherals > is a *rotten* business, Microsoft doesn't care one iota about that. They care that somebody does it, if not them. > In addition, Microsoft gets licensing revenue from every game. > > Much better than Windows. Right, I was only challenging your statement that consoles have a built-in upgrade cycle. -todd -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
