Microsoft has signed up flash memory manufacturer M-Systems to develop a high capacity memory unit/storage device for Xbox 2, further hinting towards the idea that a built-in hard drive may be dropped.
M-Systems, best know for devices like pen and keyring-based USB flash drives, has stated that it is developing and entirely new product - something that will vastly surpass the capacity of the current Xbox’s 8 MB memory unit. Take into consideration Microsoft’s previous indications about how it's considering scrapping the hard drive, as well as the fact that solid-state storage technology is just around the corner for the PC, and it does all kind of point towards the idea of one huge-yet-tiny portable storage device.
Current keyrings and pens can store up to half a gigabyte of data and it’s certain that both companies will be aiming for a much higher target capacity than this. Subsequently, the need for a built-in hard drive becomes less and less. 1+ GB is easily enough to store plenty of game saves, downloaded content and other media, the only foreseeable issue would be keeping the device within the consumer’s price range.
Details will undoubtedly emerge in due course - we'll bring you them as soon as we can.
M-Systems, best know for devices like pen and keyring-based USB flash drives, has stated that it is developing and entirely new product - something that will vastly surpass the capacity of the current Xbox’s 8 MB memory unit. Take into consideration Microsoft’s previous indications about how it's considering scrapping the hard drive, as well as the fact that solid-state storage technology is just around the corner for the PC, and it does all kind of point towards the idea of one huge-yet-tiny portable storage device.
Current keyrings and pens can store up to half a gigabyte of data and it’s certain that both companies will be aiming for a much higher target capacity than this. Subsequently, the need for a built-in hard drive becomes less and less. 1+ GB is easily enough to store plenty of game saves, downloaded content and other media, the only foreseeable issue would be keeping the device within the consumer’s price range.
Details will undoubtedly emerge in due course - we'll bring you them as soon as we can.
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almondVanHelsing 27 Feb 2004 13:05
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MS should buy their hard drives from Apple, those 40Gig iPods rock!
iPods are small phone-sized things that play music, X-Boxs are suitcases that play games. And the iPods have more disk space than X-Boxs.
Since MS are having Mac CPUs for X-Box2, they should have Apple hard drives too!
Come on Bill, think different!
iPods are small phone-sized things that play music, X-Boxs are suitcases that play games. And the iPods have more disk space than X-Boxs.
Since MS are having Mac CPUs for X-Box2, they should have Apple hard drives too!
Come on Bill, think different!
SPInGSPOnG 27 Feb 2004 13:54
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almondVanHelsing wrote:
>MS should buy their hard drives from Apple, those
>40Gig iPods rock!
But iPods are soooo expensive, and XBoxes are soo cheap, so maybe it is Apple that should be considering using the XBox hard drive.
Or what about an iPod version 5 with no hard drive (just like XBox 2) and a real live 3G connection to the poly-global interweb to download and play tunes in real time from Apple's banging iTunes musical extortion shop.
>MS should buy their hard drives from Apple, those
>40Gig iPods rock!
But iPods are soooo expensive, and XBoxes are soo cheap, so maybe it is Apple that should be considering using the XBox hard drive.
Or what about an iPod version 5 with no hard drive (just like XBox 2) and a real live 3G connection to the poly-global interweb to download and play tunes in real time from Apple's banging iTunes musical extortion shop.
almondVanHelsing 27 Feb 2004 14:04
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Rod Todd wrote:
>But iPods are soooo expensive, and XBoxes are soo
>cheap, so maybe it is Apple that should be considering
>using the XBox hard drive.
Yeah, but any sack of hamers that paid for an X-Box before the price cuts will pay more for a bigger hard drive.
>Or what about an iPod version 5 with no hard
>drive (just like XBox 2) and a real live 3G
>connection to the poly-global interweb to
>download and play tunes in real time from Apple's
>banging iTunes musical extortion shop.
Laffs! Get Nokia to write games for it and you've got a killa app!
>But iPods are soooo expensive, and XBoxes are soo
>cheap, so maybe it is Apple that should be considering
>using the XBox hard drive.
Yeah, but any sack of hamers that paid for an X-Box before the price cuts will pay more for a bigger hard drive.
>Or what about an iPod version 5 with no hard
>drive (just like XBox 2) and a real live 3G
>connection to the poly-global interweb to
>download and play tunes in real time from Apple's
>banging iTunes musical extortion shop.
Laffs! Get Nokia to write games for it and you've got a killa app!