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Can anyone comment on how this affects the size of the song? Appox. how much space would this eat up on the iPod for a whole music library?

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Well yes, it is true that the Xbox 360 is a second rev of the Xbox. But the view taken here is taken soley on Microsoft itself, where in it's own case, should be compared to it's industry. Take a a look at the main competition it came into, the Playstation 2. It included a hard drive, which Ps2 didn't have, and now has becomes almost neccessary in this next generation, much better graphics, and had everything else Ps2 could do, except for the size of it's game library, which comes with time, and Microsoft even did what it can to build it up with killer apps, i.e. Halo. (And i have to admit, the first controller was just, insanely huge)It was the PS2, but more. So Microsoft in reality took the right move, there which they continued by busting out a competing next gen system a year ahead of the rest, that is still pretty on par with whats coming out. And, to be honest, do we really think Microsoft is going to abandon the Xbox platform? They are constantly coming out with new additions to it, and are now showing how much it is going to commit with the new Media download service. I mean, they are already planning the next xbox system for 2010, going as far as to create a new lab soley to work on the next system's processor.

This is obviously getting off topic from the curent post, and I apologize for that. I'm just trying to show how with Microsoft, they don't put out it's own hardware often, but when they do, it seems as though they do what they can to make a quality product from the beginning. Saying things on it's software is fair game, but I think it's hardware should be treated a little differently.

And to be fair, let us not forget about hardware when it comes to Apple. Take it's new portable product line for example. Macbooks and Macbook Pros are great,there is no denying. But we all know of the numerous problems they have been having with its initial output. And we all know the numerous hardware products of Apple's past which have failed, died off, or have been abandoned. If we are going to criticize, we should stay in comparison.

Typical Microsoft product? You think Xbox 360 is in the same boat, and that it's a sub par machine against it's competitors?

You know, to be fair, this site is going to be just as biased as anything else. I mean come on, especially the mac community. I mean the "neat little device to hack" comment was pretty unnecessary. Does something seem weird abut this? Of course. But is it completly crazy, no. Already there has been reports that iPod owners are overly not as faithful as the mac computer owners. Furthermore, take Engadget's video review of the Zune interface. Not only is it pretty cool, read all those commments. There are a lot of people who said that they even own an iPod and are now considering getting the Zune next, or even saying that they already are planning on buying it. It looks to be be a pretty good contender bassed on the UI, and try not forgetting that the iPod isn't perfect. It's time to face to the fact that the iPod may have a true contender. Yes, it has happened.

What happens if somehow your original power brick brakes. For example I've noticed the wires starting to get a little messed up at one of the ends of the brick itself. If it were to go completely, is it possible to get another first party one from Microsoft? And if so how much do they charge?

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The Last Samurai

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