Posted by Allan on 10/10/05 07:20

On Sun, 09 Oct 2005 09:37:35 GMT, Frank Sereno
<fserenonospam@bcglobal.net> wrote:

>> Well that kinda happens with "new" machines.
>>
>> Guess it is the same with XBOX 360.... "proposed/announced" but damn,
>> no machine we can actually buy today. "Vaporware."
>>
>> You were wrong, time to move on.
>>
>
>That something has been announced does not mean that it will ever be
>available for purchase. I owned Atari computers back in the day and
>that company announced dozens of products that never got beyond the
>mockup or prototype stage, but they were announced at CES and other
>trade shows.

Ok... since Atari announced something back in the day that never got
released we should distrust every "pre-release" that we read from a
major supplier?

Ah, no.






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