With the $250 wii coming stanadard with Wifi, it is inexcusable for the 360 to not have one built in. While I might be able to forgive that lack at its launch THE ELITE, the ARCADE and the NEW PREMIUM should have had it.
Microsoft forced you to pay $100 for a wifi clipon? Even when the typical USB adapter was $50 on the market.
I think they did this to be able to sell you accessories - same goes for the 20 GB HDD. The 20GB HDD was part of the reason XBOX 1 was a LOSS LEADER for the majority of its fiscal quarters so MS decided to cut its losses.
I also believe the HDD add-on not being complete is the main reason for the Red Rings of Death.
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haha i did this when the xbox came out. for about a month
Same here except i had an incredibly hot laptop + the xbox = 150o room
With the $250 wii coming stanadard with Wifi, it is inexcusable for the 360 to not have one built in. While I might be able to forgive that lack at its launch THE ELITE, the ARCADE and the NEW PREMIUM should have had it.
Microsoft forced you to pay $100 for a wifi clipon?
Even when the typical USB adapter was $50 on the market.
I think they did this to be able to sell you accessories - same goes for the 20 GB HDD. The 20GB HDD was part of the reason XBOX 1 was a LOSS LEADER for the majority of its fiscal quarters so MS decided to cut its losses.
I also believe the HDD add-on not being complete is the main reason for the Red Rings of Death.
I'm one of the people who bought the 360's Wifi adapter.
Originaly, I wanted a way around it, like buying a gaming bridge but, I still don't know the question:
WILL 360 WORK WITH A REGULAR USB WIFI ADAPTER?
They have the Linksys', Netgear and a number of other USB adapters for less than $40 but I was afraid to buy one because I feared incompatibility.
D-link has the same concept with the DGL-3420, it's basicaly a wireless bridge but built with gaming centric QOS packet scheduling.
http://games.dlink.com/products/?pid=383