[ale] OT: ugh, nasty decision

Mike Panetta ahuitzot at mindspring.com
Sun Dec 1 23:33:33 EST 2002


Just a warning, the HDD in the X-BOX is NOT shock mounted, so dont drop
it or your skrewed...  One of the best "features" of a console could be
its very downfall...  


Mike

On Sun, 2002-12-01 at 17:17, Mark Walters wrote:
> I have both and I enjoy the XBOX more than the PS2.  True the PS2 has more 
> games than the xbox but the quality of games on the xbox makes up for 
> this lacking(halo,splinter cell). Don't get me wrong Ps2 has great games 
> that are ps2 only such as grand theft auto 3 and my favorite gran turismo 
> 3 but the xbox specific titles are games that I really enjoy. 2 big draws 
> for me on the xbox is online play and the hard drive in the
> xbox(ps2 also has online play but it mixes broadband and telephone modems 
> xbox is broadband only).   When playing a season of football I don't have 
> to worry about how much space I have left on my memory card, and with games 
> that let you use your own mp3's the xbox really shines because you can put 
> gigs of mp3's on it. I don't have time to play both and I'm selling one and 
> it will be the PS2. Lastly I enjoy the xbox controller more it seems 
> suited better for adult hands.
> 
> -- 
> ---------------------------
> Mark Walters
> Ramsey Helpdesk
> mwalters at coe.uga.edu	
> (706)542-4417
> 
> On 30 Nov 2002, Matty wrote:
> 
> > The PS2 has a much better game selection. I would take the
> > PS2 over the X-BOX (Not that the X-BOX is bad) any day.
> > 
> > - Ryan
> > 
> > On Sat, 2002-11-30 at 18:06, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > >   So I go to compusa to get a powersupply and fan for my wife's computer
> > > Friday, mostly needed to get my 3yr old out of the house so the family
> > > could set up for his birthday party.  Did you know Moon walks are alot
> > > of fun when you get 4 adults ranging from 20-30 in there???  I'm still
> > > sore.
> > >  
> > >   At any rate I was looking at consoles since we're considering getting
> > > one for my older son (5) and of course me to play on for Christmas.
> > > I've pretty much secured financing at the next pay day from the CFO
> > > (read wife).
> > > 
> > >   I used to have the hardcore anti-M$ at all costs until I realized how
> > > much good they've done for OpenSource and Linux.  At CompUSA though my
> > > brother in laws were playing some games on the demo of the xbox.  I took
> > > the PS2.  The Xbox did look a little better but that may have been the
> > > games.  I was playing some anime mech story, they were playing football.
> > > 
> > >   Does anyone really have any solid experience between the two and which
> > > is better?  It'll have to play games for my 5/6 year old and myself as
> > > well.
> > > 
> > >   Thoughts/theories on which is better to play on, no anti-M$ flames on
> > > this right now please, I need solid facts so I can get a decision in
> > > time for christmas purchase.
> > > 
> > > Robert
> > > 
> > > 
> > > :wq!
> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Robert L. Harris                     | PGP Key ID: FC96D405
> > >                                
> > > DISCLAIMER:
> > >       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> > > FYI:
> > >  perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
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