It would be great if MS made the equivalent cut for the xbox - I could do with a hacked xbox as a media centre. But as we all know, they're still taking a loss on every xbox sold. I wonder if the 360 already costs them less to make than an original xbox? Any ideas?

How does that transfer speed compare to a regular hd? As mentioned above, the idea of having a a nice 32 or 64 gig solid-state drive in a laptop, using minimal power, and fast transfer speeds seems useful. Will solid-state ever kill the traditional hd?

It strikes me that this outdated/not-outdated argument is fairly pointless. This is an OS we are talking about, not hardware. There is no practical reason why MS could not gradually implement all the components of Vista as updates/patches to XP. But of course they want to make money. So they have to leave problems and vulnerabilities in XP long enough, and invent pointless 'new' 3D interfaces etc to make us all want to upgrade. Mac users experience this more regularly in the shape of smaller updates, which require a whole new OS to be purchased. Possibly your average Mac user is more financially able to accommodate this. But it is all an artificially created redundancy. It begs the question of what we actually expect an OS to 'do'? If Linux was standardised, stable consistent and easy to use, would we bother with anything else?

I think some people have understood, and some misunderstood mycomments. I should clarify. Interface/conroller innovation is great.
Games innovation is great. But the actual box is a General Purpose Computer, deliberatly walled-in for commercial reasons. In an ideal world, PC's would be cheap, standardised, and allow quick and simple installation/playing of games. This would kill the console market, and allow games makers to focus on what the're good at - games (and possibly cool controllers if required). Handhelds don't count - the DS/PSP are a console/controller hybrid. The current situation is like needing to buy a different car to go to different places "Sorry only VW's allowed on this piece of road". Unfortunatly, real-world commerical factors (eg greed) gets in the way.

Whay doesn't Nintendo just give up making consoles, and just focus on making inovative periferals and games. I know some people view this as heresey, but there really is very little point building hardware if you're not going to push the boundries. There is no logical reason, other than corporate nonsence, why software development has to be tied to hardware development.

Am I right to get really excited about this? How long until urban centres get free wi-max, and I can ditch my cellfone contract, landline rental, broadband subscription, and possibly TV licence (uk thing). Triple-play for free? Will this kill the telcos (I hope so!)?

#7, what is a "stroller cart"?? I'm from the uk. I'm prepared to be scared.

Sorry, wasn't MIT

http://www.mixedrealitylab.org/

cool!

I think this one of the most exciting ideas since the invention of, um, games. I love the idea of reacting to games in the real world. Did anyone see the augmented-reality, real world pacman MIT thing. I can't find the link, but this is the future, mark my words!

I have just realised that as I am called 'Voodoo M', I am not entitled to make judgements on good or bad taste in names, and therefore retract all my earlier comments. Appologies

:-))