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I was looking yesterday at the new ATi graphics cards and i was thinking "I need this to play Fable and other cool games with cool graphics". I thought i was going to save some money so i can buy it. And then i saw the price - about 700 USD in my country(Bulgaria). The other day i went in a friend of mine and i saw his xbox and asked him how much does one second hand xbox cost. And i can tell it's weeeigh to cheeper then the ATi card. I was thinking:"On the one hand i can get wonderfull experience playing the newest simulators and fighting games on my xbox, but on the other i cant play strategies and 3D actions". So guys what do you think? Is it better to buy a console no matter if its PS2 or the upcoming PS3, or xbox or upgrading my PC? :)

the new xbox 360 is predicted to be better than any pc for well over three months, not to mention a lot of exclusive games are coming out xbox only, my Dad was lucky enough to go to E3 this year and get a look at everything, and Ic an tell you right now, my family will have an xbox 360

Xbox only my ass, theres no such thing as a game for only one console. People take heaps of their own time to port them to other consoles and pcs.
I havn't brought a Microsoft product since late 1999 and I never intend to buy another, so I can assure you there is a 0% change of my household having an Xbox 360

Personally I dont like consoles. Meybe because difficult to install linux on them But if you whant only play ... You still should buy graphics card.

I like xbox, but only for games, I like playing some games on computers too though, i play more on my computer than xbox, but not for long

brandel wrote:Personally I dont like consoles. Meybe because difficult to install linux on them But if you whant only play ... You still should buy graphics card.

You can easily install linux on the xbox, think you can also do it for the new xbox 360. Plenty of tutorials on the net. My friends has gentoo on their xbox, even they can do it, so there is no reason anyone else can't do it

Rommaster wrote:

brandel wrote:Personally I dont like consoles. Meybe because difficult to install linux on them But if you whant only play ... You still should buy graphics card.

You can easily install linux on the xbox, think you can also do it for the new xbox 360. Plenty of tutorials on the net. My friends has gentoo on their xbox, even they can do it, so there is no reason anyone else can't do it

If only I'll get any xbox in my hands I will try to do this. Thx for clue.

I highly suggest a pc instead of a console. A pc is infinitly better than a console. It is so much easier to mod and make your own maps, play multi over the internet, and etc. Also, you might try http://www.xbox-linux.org/ and get both.

PC's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You can always upgrade
They are faster than any playstation or xbox (im not counting gamecube becosue it sucks)
PC have better graphics and more games.

The thing is, pc's are multi tasked machines, Xbox/ps are made specifically for gaming/multimedia.

While it is easy to isntall Linux or any other os no an xbox, it still does take time to crack them. I think it took a week to crack the xbox, also, people who mod their xboxes cannot play online (unless they have a special mod that has an on/off switch) The new Xbox 360 is not out y et- and therefore has not been cracked yet, so you can't isntall Linux on it yet.

Anyways, you don't normally buy a console to use another os on it unless you can't afford games and have to pirate them.

I prefer computers, but some games is only in consoles, i hate that :/

For example: I'm a Zelda fan, but Zeldas is only in Nintendos and the newest ones in gamecube. I don't want to buy 100e gamecube, so i must to live without Zeldas.

I think you will find that if you look around enough that people have ported most of the Zelda games to the PC and even if they havnt' (or you can't find them) you can always use emulators

True, and most X-Box games are also for the PC now, or emulateable. So..it wont be long until X-Box 360 is on the PC as well. Its only a matter of time.

pc..

Xbox seems interesting, considering all the different things you may use it for. For instance installing linux (w00t!) :p