Flash-based HD for Xbox 2, according to Albrecht

Alex Abrecht, fry cook of all things Xbox 2 rumor, claims he spoke to a Microsoft employee over the weekend who confirmed that the Xbox 2 will sport a flash-based hard drive.  While this could be cool and all, and allow for some fast level-loading, we'll take this rumor with a big grain of salt.  And some ketchup.  The ex-TechTV
guy may talk to people, but saying you talked to a Microsoft employee could mean the dude was a coder for a division on the other side of MS campus responsible for Windows widgets.  Albrecht also claims the guy told him the Xbox 2 will play DVDs out of the box and will be seen this week at CES.  Yay DVDs.  We'll be there and report back for ya.