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"a link to the past" <alinkto...@aol.com> wrote in message 
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> ok, now this might seem like a no brainer. a total 'DUH!' and something 
> that would make you say "no sh*t, a**hole!".  but this is actually 
> noteworthy.
>
> dispite several YEARS of guessing, speculation, rumor, reports, leaks, 
> almost-official and semi-official word, there is FINALLY confirmation that 
> XENON, the next-generation Xbox, likely to be called Xbox 360 is coming 
> out this year.
> yes, from Bill Gates himself.
>
> now ATi and SEGA are in the picture too, since ATi has designed the 
> Xenon's graphics processing hardware, and Sega is providing important 
> software, and some for launch.
>
> without further delay, the actual article about Xbox 360's   now-confirmed 
> 2005 launch.
>
>
> http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=8408
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> quote:
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> Gates confirms Xbox 360 launch this year, talks up multimedia
>
> Rob Fahey 15:40 03/05/2005
> Microsoft chairman breaks the silence on Xbox 360's launch date
>
>
> Speaking at a business writers' convention in the United States, Microsoft 
> chairman Bill Gates has confirmed that the next-generation Xbox console 
> will launch this year, and once again promoted the new system's multimedia 
> capabilities.
>
> Breaking with the company's policy of staying silent in public on the 
> question of when the new console, widely believed to be called Xbox 360, 
> will launch, Gates told the Society of American Business Writers and 
> Editors that the system will ship in the current year.
>
> Speaking about high definition displays, he asked rhetorically when the 
> "year of high definition" will be - and followed on to say that it would 
> be "this year, because we're going to ship this next Xbox."
>
> His comment is the first public acknowledgement by the company that it 
> plans to ship Xbox 360 before the end of the year, although it's been 
> generally accepted around the industry for some time that the console will 
> arrive in October or November.
>
> Gates also talked briefly about the multimedia functionality which will be 
> offered by Xbox 360, comparing it to the firm's Media Center PC software. 
> "If you're used that menu, when you use this Xenon [the codename for Xbox 
> 360], you'll see a menu a lot like that, that lets you get photos, TV, 
> music and all those different things," he explained.
>
> It's still not clear, however, whether Xbox 360 will offer this 
> functionality in all of its retail versions. Several reports have 
> indicated that the system will ship with two configurations, one of which, 
> lacking a hard drive, will be less capable as a multimedia device.
>
> Many questions about the new console are expected to be answered next 
> week, when MTV broadcasts a television special about the Xbox 360 - airing 
> on the evening of May 12th in North America, and on May 13th worldwide.
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