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> First, the attendants lie about not being able to turn it on, then
> admit it is just a mock-up. Micro$haft claims to have shipped thousands
> of developer kits but they can't spare just one for a major Game Show?
> See how much interest there is in the photo. This is really bizarre
> where empty xlfop 1.5 full circle cases are all over the place and
> people can handle the empty cases as much as they want but there still
> hasn't been a public showing of one actually working. They have shown a
> Ruby demo running but that can be run on almost any PC.
>
>
> "Unfortunately, the assistants aren't allowed to turn the Xbox on,
> which is a bit of a bummer since, well, I wanted to see it turned on
> for real! However, they assure me that this machine is a real Xbox 360
> and is powered by internal components. No more G5 powered Xbox 360s
> from here on in. There's another close-up shot of the wireless
> controller after the jump.
>
> Update: Apparently the marketing booth shown at the show was not a
> final model. The Xbox 360 wasn't real (or plugged in). However, the
> controllers were real and they were wireless. The black cable you can
> see going underneath is the power supply."
>
> http://img.engadget.com/common/imag...332048611925399
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