Xbox 2 is an IBM & SGI supercomputer

[Luke A. Guest]

Actually, every performance enhancing feature of modern processors have
evolved from supercomputer CPU design in one way or another. That's why I
laughed at that Inquirer story when I read it early this morning.
Besides, if I were seller of the future Xbox 2 i would be more worried about
the rumour that it has no backwards compatibility with the first Xbox. I
suppose microsoft think there aren't enough good games so why bother?

Well, I think you'll find that the shitbox2 is going to be PPC so unless
they stick in an x86 as well, there will be no backwards compatibility
unless they can provide some sort of software emulation which will enable
the games to run at the same speed - not going to happen, because you're
also running windaz.

Luke.

 

[Luke A. Guest]

So, we are supposed to believe Microsofts hype, but not Sonys? We heard it
all before. We won't fall for it again. I couldn't care less how powerful a
console is. Okay, I DO care, but only to a certain extent. What good is

From a hardware perspective the PS2 is more powerful than the shitbox; the
shitbox is just a peecee, whereas the PS2 is a nicely integrated set of
custom chips that work together nicely. Once programmed properly, you'll
have a nice cohesive whole, unlike any peecee app.

Luke.