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To: Mike McFarland who wrote (6)	5/17/2009 2:47:34 PM
From: Mike McFarland	of 11

Well this thread is not going to see any posts, but I'll get in a final word. I had no use for the original Xbox--but the Xbox 360, the latest iteration anyway, seems to be a decent device and I'm having some fun with mine--seems to be a very good alternative to PC gaming (at least if you have something on the order of a Pentium D or Celeron with marginal graphics). I've put about 40 hours into The Elder Scrolls Oblivion, and the only complaint I have with the hardware is the load time when my character moves from area to area (especially from zone to zone in the Imperial City). But it is still only about five seconds. I don't know whether clearing the xbox cache (hold A down while game is loading apparently) really helps or not. xbox live works fine, loading points is no problem, and all you really need to set that up is a couple of old NICs and maybe twenty minutes setting up your PC. Rebooting my PC clears up problems with accessing my cable modem. I have a few games, "Rock Band" is surprisingly fun, and for the kids--although the lyrics are a little dicey at times. The Beatles for Rock Band comes out 9/9/09.

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