Bij MSNBC hebben ze meer details over die vage game console van Microsoft, de X-Box. Deze zal volgens dit nieuwsbericht een 500MHz Intel processor krijgen, een GeForce 256 grafische kaart, 64MB aan textured RAM, een paar GB's aan HD ruimte en ook een 56K modem. Deze info is vrij gekomen na 'geheime' demonstraties op de European Computer Trade Show in Londen. Hier heb een gedeelte uit het bericht:
MICROSOFT HAS NOT FORMALLY announced its new console, which is currently referred to as X-Box. But a few analysts and software publishers where invited to attend highly secretive demonstrations of the new system last week during the European Computer Trade Show in London.(Microsoft is a partner in MSNBC.)According to sources who attended those closed-door sessions, X-Box will feature a 500-megahertz Intel processor backed by the nVidia GeForce graphics chip — an innovative graphics chip that reportedly generates 3-D graphics without tapping into the main processor.
Though X-Box will feature a DVD drive, no one has mentioned whether it will have the navigational software needed to run DVD movies.
One of the system’s unique features will be a multi-gigabyte hard disk. None of the other “next generation” game consoles has an internal storage system.
Unlike Dreamcast, which featured both a proprietary operating system and a customized version of Windows CE, X-Box will only feature a Windows operating system. According to sources, the system will have 64 megabytes of textured RAM, a 56K modem and an Internet Explorer-based browser.
Despite all of these PC-esque features, X-Box will be a closed-box system with instant boot-up, giving it the same simplified operation that distinguishes game consoles from standard computers.
Verder staat er in het artikel ook nog een geinig vergelijking tabelletje tussen de X-Box, Dreamcast, Playstation 2 en de Nintendo 2000.
