Posted by Alpha on 09/29/05 21:36

"Doug Jacobs" <djacobs@shell.rawbw.com> wrote in message
news:11joid43u097e10@corp.supernews.com...
> In alt.games.video.xbox Bob <not@home.com> wrote:
>> elrous0@pop.uky.edu wrote in
>> news:1127912913.938380.96970@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
>
>> > The problem is that losing the hard drive is a huge step *backward*
>> > for MS.
>
>> ???
>
>> The 360 will come with a hard drive, Playstation3 will not. Also the
>> HD-DVD
>> platform will support the ability to backup disk content to other media,
>> Blu-ray will not.
>
> The 360 does not come with the HDD as a standard feature, like the
> original
> XBox. While there is the 360 package that includes the HDD, there's also
> the 360 package that does NOT. Microsoft has told developers not to
> depend
> on the HDD being present, meaning any HDD support they wish to provide is
> optional.
>
> As for your last comment, what in the world are you talking about?
>
> First, HD-DVD has been delayed until mid-2006. While

Wrong. The dealy is until late Feb. or early March, 2006 NOT mid-2006.

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