XBox 360 Dev Kit

[bapenguin]

TalkXBox (http://www.talkxbox.com/article1273.html) has a picture of the XBox 360 development kit.

Looks almost half as thin as a regular XBox...but a little longer.

[Varsity]

In fact, it looks just like the 360 itself! Who would have thought, eh? ;)

[Goronmon]

Things to notice are the black coloring for it, which may mean that Microsoft may offer multiple colors at a point in time?
Or could it possibly be the default color of the plastic used for the case?
*boggles*

[Paranoia]

Looks like a compaq desktop.

[sTubbs]

Or could it possibly be the default color of the plastic used for the case?
*boggles*

No kidding. Development kits are often different colours than their retail counterparts - just look at the XBOX kit sitting beside the 360 one.

[stomper1080]

In fact, it looks just like the 360 itself! Who would have thought, eh? ;)

theres some sort of contraption attached to the top end of the case...any ideas what it is? Looks sorta like the cover of a microphone (the steel grating, not the foam).

[Rommel]

I prefer the PS3 devkit, because it is a wee bit larger than most NYC apartments.

[williambraski]

theres some sort of contraption attached to the top end of the case...any ideas what it is? Looks sorta like the cover of a microphone (the steel grating, not the foam).


uhm ventilation? perhaps they haven't got the airflow completely worked out. i doubt it's some special surprise they haven't mentioned.

[Lagrius]

Thinking it might be an adapter for the devs to use regular height hard drives while developing, but who knows?

[bobbler]

Thinking it might be an adapter for the devs to use regular height hard drives while developing, but who knows?

That is what I heard -- they were using 3.5inch drives instead of 2.5inch on the dev kits. Which makes sense... There is no reason to use expensive 2.5inch on a dev kit when physical size doesn't matter in development environments.

[Okamura_Takashi]

That is what I heard -- they were using 3.5inch drives instead of 2.5inch on the dev kits. Which makes sense... There is no reason to use expensive 2.5inch on a dev kit when physical size doesn't matter in development environments.

Especially since 2.5 inch drives are so slow and would be a pain in the ass to use for development.

Wish I had a 360 dev kit on my desk. I've only got an Xbox one. Dang... so last year.

[Paltry]

Also, the wired controller for obvious development practical reasons as a wireless controller would be very annoying for them.

wait what? how could that possibly be annoying for anyone...