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MarathoN

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Re: Xbox360 Crashes?
« Reply #15 on: 24 November 2005, 20:05 »
Erm, I've never seen an original Xbox crash, I think Refalm is probably right, the problems were caused by Microsoft trying to port their OS to PPC


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Re: Xbox360 Crashes?
« Reply #16 on: 24 November 2005, 23:05 »
i crashed my orig xbox. it;s the only M$ thing i actually like.
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Re: Xbox360 Crashes?
« Reply #17 on: 25 November 2005, 01:11 »
Well, if an OS isn't portable, that means it does too much work.  That's one of Microsoft's problems - they have programs doing what the OS should be doing, and OS doing what programs should be doing.  See for instance the arguments against Windows technically being an OS at all, for more details on these issues.

I thought it was kinda funny to see the responses to the Xbox 360.  At Slashdot, 73% (as of yesterday) said they would never own one - that's terrible market share for a system trying to make money off of game licensing.  At some other site, it was really sad how many people were saying "Well, it's Microsoft, of course it is going to crash".  And at some list of comments one young kid said "I like Microsoft, but I hate their bugs".  Just saying.

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Re: Xbox360 Crashes?
« Reply #18 on: 25 November 2005, 01:51 »
It's probably not a porting problem.  Windows NT ran on PPC a decade ago.

Some say it's a heat problem.
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Re: Xbox360 Crashes?
« Reply #19 on: 25 November 2005, 03:54 »
I heard Heat Problems and PSU problems. I also heard the MS said the 360 has a 1 in 20 failure rate
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Re: Xbox360 Crashes?
« Reply #20 on: 26 November 2005, 05:29 »
Quote from: MarathoN
Erm, I've never seen an original Xbox crash, I think Refalm is probably right, the problems were caused by Microsoft trying to port their OS to PPC



The very first time I played an Xbox at my local EB all those years ago, the damn thing crashed on me.....well technically it locked up....but still, it didn't give me a stellar impression of Microsoft's first foray into consoles. And I do recall seeing a screenshot of the Xbox "Green Screen of Death (tm)" (GSOD). Although I believe that was from the Xbox SDK.

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Re: Xbox360 Crashes?
« Reply #22 on: 29 November 2005, 17:31 »
BAHAHAHAHAHAHA
BAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Anyone who buys an XBox is a fucking moron. The XBox crashing is just bad karma from God to say "You idiot, you should have waited for the PS3 that has a processor that is roughly 7x more powerful than that of the XBox."

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Re: Xbox360 Crashes?
« Reply #23 on: 29 November 2005, 17:33 »
I should also mention the obvious, which is that Microsoft fat heads (CEOs/should be stabbed) probably rushed the release and hence grossly decreased code quality just to get it out shortly before Christmas in every nation that celebrates it, because they know IDIOTS will buy it anyway.

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Re: Xbox360 Crashes?
« Reply #24 on: 29 November 2005, 18:36 »
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BAHAHAHAHAHAHA
BAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Anyone who buys an XBox is a fucking moron. The XBox crashing is just bad karma from God to say "You idiot, you should have waited for the PS3 that has a processor that is roughly 7x more powerful than that of the XBox."

And all those morons buying first batch machines. That's only a good idea if you're rich (even then it's kinda silly), so you can buy another one (or more).