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I think MS is removeing the hard drive so that people cannot continue to load a linux os on the xbox as hackers typically do. It seems although you buy something these days you really don't have right of first use because youa re not really buying it, you are licensing it from them. Imagine buying a car and not being able to transfer the cars onboard computer license to another buyer...
Posted by: bigbearpcs2   Posted on: 03/05/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Not a good thing for modders  FilledOut | 03/05/04
Xbox and Linux  bigbearpcs2 | 03/05/04
flawed analogy  pschroeder@... | 03/05/04
peter, peter, peter...  ryusen | 03/05/04
happy  pschroeder@... | 03/05/04
well...  ryusen | 03/05/04
ps:  ryusen | 03/05/04
lack of HD didn't keep linux off GC  NTI | 03/05/04
Don't think that's only reason...  DigitalKid | 03/05/04
Don't think so.  doe_z | 03/05/04
Re: XBOX and Linux  rodtrent@... | 03/05/04
someone who doesn't like toast?  ryusen | 03/05/04
Re: Xbox and Linux  Shining Arcanine | 03/05/04
Can't, not the way they are going.  doe_z | 03/05/04
Too bad..  d_jedi | 03/05/04
RE: The hard drive really was what set the XBox apart from the PS2.  JakAttak | 03/05/04
Havn't tried it..  d_jedi | 03/05/04
$50/year, not $80  KTLA | 03/07/04
$20  BlackDiamond | 03/05/04
Do you people read the whole story?  DigitalKid | 03/05/04
MORE storage?  ryusen | 03/05/04
8GB flash cards.  doe_z | 03/05/04
they will create  JWatson77 | 03/05/04
financially impossible  hipparchus | 03/05/04
Do you morons comprehend the whole story?  gath | 03/07/04
It's gotta be pretty small if they're actually *saving* money  CobraA1 | 03/07/04
Fash Ram is cheap cheap cheap  voska | 03/08/04
depends...  ryusen | 03/08/04
"MS" and "money losing" were all I saw...  Xunil_Sierutuf | 03/05/04
haha  pschroeder@... | 03/05/04
(nt) Go troll elsewhere  d_jedi | 03/05/04
sounds like compatability will be out of the window  hipparchus | 03/05/04
xbox loses harddrive  JWatson77 | 03/05/04
old ms and non ms apps set to break with sp2  JWatson77 | 03/06/04
what does this have to do with the xbox? (nt)  pschroeder@... | 03/06/04
Message has been deleted.  qwwq | 03/07/04
????  CobraA1 | 03/07/04

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