Xbox division loses nearly $2 billion!
http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/07/20/xbox/index.php
Partly from the repair/warranty fiasco, partly from a big drop in sales. Looks like Xbox users shouldn't be asking Sony to wave the white flag, but Wii users should ask for it! Just kidding. Anyway, I hear the Wii is selling great, but the Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 are struggling. Good thing Halo 3 is coming out, but since I own an Xbox, I guess I'm not getting that! heath |
Dvorak has an interesting theory:
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No matter who sells the most consoles (Sony, Microsoft or Nintendo), the big winner is IBM, who makes the processors. The PowerPC lives on!
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All made by IBM--I thought all three had PowerPC processors, but I was wrong. Plus, why would IBM call their chip Xenon?
http://arstechnica.com/articles/paed.../xbox360-1.ars heath |
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360
Though WikiPedia can be wrong, I've heard about the G5 chip going into one and not working. Btw, you can install Apple's OS X into a PlayStation 3, according to my friend. I'm going to see if he'll do it. I have every version since 10.0, so he may try 10.1 on a partition. heath |
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I agree, it makes no sense about the Xenon moniker. Then again, both Sony and Canon have HDV cameras called the A1, and JVC and Sanyo both have "mini-HD" cameras called HD1.
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Ummm...the Intel workstation/server CPU is called "Xeon" not "Xenon." To the best of my knowledge, Intel has never produced a chip named "Xenon." So, strictly speaking, there's no conflict between the Intel workstation/server CPUs (Xeon) and the IBM CPU in the Xbox 360 (Xenon). Just picking nits...
Actually, I run into a lot of people who get the Xeon name wrong - even some IT techs. I once refused to hire an applicant for a tech support job because of that. Well, that and a couple of attempts to bluff answers to some other topics he didn't know. Oh, and the Cell Processor in the PS3 is indeed made by IBM. |
I can't believe I forgot that, then confused it with Xeon! I also know Xenon from a type of very bright bulbs that go into film projectors.
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Speaking of Xenon lamps, if you've ever seen "The Andromeda Strain" there's a scene where they used a "xenon lamp apparatus" to burn away the hair and outer epithelial layers of the skin of the scientists as part of a decontamination process. Your comment just made me recall that scene. Totally off-topic, I know, but at least it's still film-related! ;) |
I haven't read that book or seen the movie in...14 years or so, maybe even 15. Not since high school.
Anyway, like I said earlier, the Wii seems to be the one coming out of all this smelling like roses. heath |
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