From: bel@whipassgaming.com   
      
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > Not at an ecomonic price. If they wanted to move away from off the shelf   
   > components and intergrate everything it would cost a fortune... laptop kinda   
   > prices.   
      
   Well, but it'd almost be laptop kinda parts. Hell, even stuff like the   
   Mac Mini uses laptop hard drives to help maintain it's smaller size.   
   Thing is, though, Sony managed to do it with the PS2, that "slim" model   
   isn't just kinda smaller than the thick-ass PS2, it's WAY smaller and   
   slimmer. Again, though it doesn't have nearly the amount of components   
   the PS3/360 has.   
      
   We'll see how it goes...I don't see MS *ever* dropping the size of the   
   360, though if they'd like to integrate the PSU into the machine, I'd be   
   all for it. Sony, I can see attempting to drop the size...but not for at   
   least 3 years(or so).   
      
   Bel   
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