From: bel@whipassgaming.com   
      
   > I would be very disappointed if it stays the same size as the years go   
   > by.   
      
   Well, it's just getting to a point where the hardware just simply can't   
   be shrunk much more. I mean, you've got the motherboard, video memory,   
   ram, hard drive, power supply, etc. It's a lot to pack in there, and   
   it'd be a lot to shrink down. Though, again, it could be done...I just   
   don't see if happening anytime soon.   
      
   > I guess it doesn't really matter as long as the games are good, but I   
   > have enough systems to the point where I look at size as being an issue   
   > with prospects.   
      
   I have to disagree here. Size, to me, shouldn't be a factor at all when   
   considering a system(a console I guess I should say, that GB Micro is   
   just *too* small). ;)  I mean, you pop it on the shelf, that's it. Hell,   
   you can't even really see how big the Xbox is when it's stacked under my   
   34" HDTV and above the big-ass Kenwood receiver. I think my biggest   
   issue with the sizes of the consoles are these idiotic notions(that   
   Sony, Nintendo, MS are cramming down our throats) that they should be   
   situated and set up *vertically*. To me, that's just dumb.   
      
   > I don't like the new trend with consoles having fans, hard drives, etc.   
   > These things break eventually, or at least they always have with PCs.   
   > Next thing you know we'll be installing the games before playing them.   
   > Ugh.   
      
   Well, it's kind of already happened. The original Xbox uses its hard   
   drive(up to a gig, I think) to cache out data on games. The PS3 took   
   this a step further and some games can take up to 5 *GB* on your PS3's   
   hard drive, and take 4 or 5 minutes to do so(before the game is even   
   launched). It reminds me of the old the way the old Neo Geo CD did   
   things: One long-ass load at the beginning, then various super-small   
   loads throughout the game. I don't know, ever since the Xbox hit, loads   
   haven't bothered me that much...but then again, they've definitely   
   gotten a lot shorter...   
      
   >> Have you ever seen that LCD they made just for the Xbox? It fits   
   >> directly over the top of the machine, and closes like a laptop's lid.   
   >> It's pretty wild. Really does look like a big-ass laptop or   
   >> something...and with the Xbox's PC architecture, it could be.   
   >>   
   >> Bel   
   >   
   >   
   > No, I haven't seen anything like that. Is this one?   
   >   
   > http://gear.ign.com/articles/391/391670p1.html   
   >   
      
   I don't know if this is the exact same one I saw, but it's very similar.   
   Hilarious, isn't it? ;)   
      
   Bel   
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