http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/Jun 17th 2009 8:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/Jun 17th 2009 8:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/there should be no fans in 2009 again flawed design crap]]>Jun 17th 2009 8:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/Jun 17th 2009 8:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/
What the hell is this, 2002?]]>Jun 17th 2009 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/Jun 17th 2009 8:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/
The chip is a 4 Gb chip. That's 4 gigabits.

4 gigabits is 4/8 gigabytes. Half a gigabyte. 512 megabytes.]]>Jun 17th 2009 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/Jun 17th 2009 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/10/nxe-requires-128mb-space-ms-to-offer-storage-solutions/]]>Jun 17th 2009 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/
My old system would beg to differ with that statement. After I purchased a new console just for the lulz I tried the towel trick on my RRoD Xbox. With no hard drive to speak of attached and no internal memory like what comes on the Arcades the NXE booted right up. It is either flashed into firmware or their is a flash chip on the motherboard solely designed for OS storage. That 128MB is only for "certain features" check it out for yourself if you have a pre-256MB internal console take out your hard drive or memory card. The NXE will still boot it just may not be "the full experience", but it most certainly is stored on the motherboard. That space is probably only required to download it.]]>Jun 17th 2009 11:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/
...and THOSE still have fans in!

Let's first sort it out in lower-power devices like netbooks (or if you're talking game consoles, then Wii) before we move onto high-power devices like 360s...

Eventually I'd love to see everything fanless. Bigger, quieter fans are an improvement but the real step that's needed is to reduce power consumption so that we can get rid of the things altogether. That has huge benefits - environmental (less power used by the cooler device, oh and we save a little bit by not spinning a fan too), manufacturing cost (fans don't cost much but it's not nothing), design (don't need to restrict design to include a fan that has to be a certain size), and reliability (fans don't break very often but they are still moving parts and I've had them break on me before). So, yes, eventually, no fans would be fantastic (no pun intended). But um, high-powered game consoles aren't the place to start.
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2 new Halo titles
Crackdown 2
Mass Effect 2
Red Dead Redemption
plus a bunch of other ones I forgot to mention not including the ones that are out that I don't have the funds for Ghostbusters, Prototype, and Red Faction.

So you see why no PS3 by the time I purchased a PS3 the replacement Xbox plus 3-4 games and my current library of games is just a better deal. Not to say anything bad about the PS3 Infamous makes me very jealous as do a few others just can't afford one right now.]]>Jun 17th 2009 8:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/Jun 17th 2009 9:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/Jun 17th 2009 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/Jun 17th 2009 12:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/Jun 17th 2009 8:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/Jun 17th 2009 8:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/Jun 17th 2009 8:22AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/
Pretty f ' ed up MicroSoft.]]>Jun 17th 2009 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/
PS3 for parts or repair Blu Ray drive doesn't work there have been a bunch. ebay go check it out.]]>Jun 17th 2009 8:43AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/"Last time I checked my TV cost a lot more too. "

So a device should be more reliable if it costs more? An iPhone is a few hundred dollars. Should we use towels and machine screws to keep iPhones operating too? How about a NetBook?]]>Jun 17th 2009 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/@Tarnation: I've never heard of the towel trick lasting longer than a week. Last time I tried it, it lasted 3 days.]]>Jun 17th 2009 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/Jun 17th 2009 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/Jun 17th 2009 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/To illustrate, it should read 4Gb or 4Gbits and 512MB or 512MBytes. If you want to be really clear about it, then stick Gigabits and Megabytes in brackets after the numbers.
That would then mean that you dont get people confused about where their other 3.5GB have gone...]]>Jun 17th 2009 8:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/Jun 17th 2009 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/May I suggest a PS3?

You may not.]]>Jun 17th 2009 8:56AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/
Anyway, PC gaming FTEW!]]>Jun 17th 2009 9:13AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/
With a PS3, Wii and high end PC you can play 99% of all the best games. That's the best combination. Sorry Microsoft your bad rep loses out as a result.]]>Jun 17th 2009 9:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/
Anyway, PC > all.]]>Jun 17th 2009 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/
That said, while I believe a good PC will trash a PS3 or 360 any day, there are a few PS3 titles that look very tempting. ]]>Jun 17th 2009 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/
@ Corin - I must be stupid because I was unaware Wii versions of Metroid, Zelda, Mario, Smash Bros., No More Heroes, Madworld were multi-platform.]]>Jun 17th 2009 9:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/$200 + $60 for a 120GB drive and I got a great deal.]]>Jun 17th 2009 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/Jun 17th 2009 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/
objection: heresay.]]>Jun 17th 2009 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/Jun 17th 2009 12:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/Jun 17th 2009 1:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/Microsoft wants something like $200 for a 160GB hard drive.
It's a very good deal.]]>Jun 17th 2009 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/Jun 17th 2009 8:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/17/xbox-360-jasper-motherboard-with-512mb-storage-hitting-us-stores/Jun 17th 2009 8:55AM