ordered an Xbox

[Absolute Zero]

I ordered an Xbox with Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, Mech Assult, and Xbox live today!!!!

 

[schweb]

Cool...I love my Xbox. Even if it is MS ....but of course I have no problem with MS stuff

:::runs and hides:::

 

[Emrys]

Yes, I have thought these blasphemous thoughts, and one will probably be in the mail to me soon. Mac Dude, you shouldv'e waited a couple more days. I believe later this week they are releasing a bundle that includes Start Wars and Tetis plus 2 months of Live for the same price as just the machine. But you could've gotten a better deal than that. If so, please do tell....

 

[Absolute Zero]

They released that bundle already. This bundle that i got includes mech assult and splinter cell with the xbox... free

 

[Emrys]

This bundle here : http://xbox.com/en-US/news/0309/holidaybundle2003.htm

 

[Absolute Zero]

yeh, its already out.
but i got this bundle
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.gsp?product_id=2381612&cat=2636&type=22&dept=2636&path=0:2636

 

[Emrys]

Wow, when did they release that?

Looks like I'm goin to wally world

Check out this site : http://xbox-scene.com/

You can learn how to hack your box so you can run Linux, and stream media, really cool. Go for the X-ecuter 2.2 Lite+. Sauder free, and supposedly works great.

 

[Absolute Zero]

Can I make it run Windows? That would rock... kind of.

 

[Emrys]

It does run Windows...A really stripped XP kernel. If it actaully had "Windows" I would probably think again

 

[sKaD]

http://www.xbconnect.com/

Go there to play your XBox online for free

sKaD

 

[trpnmonkey41]

splinter cell is one of the most beautiful games on earth even though it is very challenging

 

[dziner]

I just happen to work for an electronics distributor and I get GREAT deals on PS2, Xbox, Gamecube and all the games. I can save about $10-$15 per game, but instead of playing console games - I'll stick to Mac games. I mean - that is one of the reasons I payed $2000 for it anyways.

Nintendo has a new device out for the Gameboy Advance called E-Cards that allow you to play all the old Nintendo games on the GBA. Sounds like the games come on credit card sized cards. Here's how it reads:

"Some of the world's greatest classic video games are making a triumphant return! Now, with e-Reader technology, the code for an entire game can be stored on a stack of just five cards! Just slide the e-Reader cards through an e-Reader attached to a Game Boy Advance and you're ready to play."

 

[rman]

Nintendo has a new device out for the Gameboy Advance called E-Cards that allow you to play all the old Nintendo games on the GBA. Sounds like the games come on credit card sized cards. Here's how it reads:

"Some of the world's greatest classic video games are making a triumphant return! Now, with e-Reader technology, the code for an entire game can be stored on a stack of just five cards! Just slide the e-Reader cards through an e-Reader attached to a Game Boy Advance and you're ready to play."

So would my wife be able to play pac-man on it?

 

[dziner]

Only if Nintendo offers it as an E-Card.

 

[Absolute Zero]

E-Card... which is really called e-Reader... came out a year ago... I have one.

 

[Absolute Zero]

guess what just left walmart?

 

[Emrys]

Very cool... Did you look into get a mod chip yet? I know that the first thing I do if/when I get an X-Box is to put the mod chip in and through a 120GB drive into it.

 

[Absolute Zero]

no... mod chip is bad (according to M$) they ban people from Xbox live with that chip
I dont mind the small hd size.

 

[Emrys]

They ban you if you use the chip while you use Live. But if you shut the chip off before you turn the xbox on and connect to Live, MS has no clue the chip exists.

 

[The Trooper]

I'm not saying XBox sucks, but here's my logic for getting the PS2 instead: How can we trust Micro$oft to make a good gaming console when they can't even get computers right?

So, on a totally unrelated topic, what do you think the odds are of Apple releasing a console? Probably won't happen for a long time, since nobody even lets them run their games on their computers.

God I hate Bill Gates.