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To: Mike McFarland who started this subject	9/5/2002 1:23:36 AM
From: Mike McFarland	Read Replies (1) of 11

I just bought an Xbox--for about a third of the price of a budget PC. With a five year old PII, I run Microsoft Me, and use the machine for IE, wordprocessing, email, and older PC games. With the Xbox, I play a game called Morrowind-- a RPG quest-oriented game, from Bethesda (the folks who brought us the bug riddled Daggerfall/for PC). The Xbox game seems not to have bugs--way better than PC gaming! While I don't expect to buy a new PC for a long time, I may snag another Xbox (the mark II) for a few hundred bucks several years from now. I'm not sure I would want to own Dell or Gateway shares in the years ahead--not saying that the consoles are PC killers, but the upgrade cycle is really going to get stretched out. Just a thought. Now if I could just get a keyboard for my Xbox...

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