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> http://forum.teamxbox.com/showthread.php?t=318114
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> "US Patent Confirms XBox2 Info?
> Time: 12/30/04 @ 01:51PM | Author: Nvidiot_Whore | 3 Comments
> A Patent, filed in June of last year, but accepted today, appears to
> confirm
> much of the speculation regaurding the XBox 2 hardware. More specifically,
> it to an extent confirms multiple CPUs, an internal hard drive, as well as
> an external "media drive". Sounds like the XBox 2 will have a smaller
> internal drive, and an optional external device built with a larger HD.
> Fits
> right in with the rumors about Halo 2.743.
>
> The information is highly technical, so expect some more posts soon
> analyzing the data. There are also images associated with the patent that
> I'm having trouble grabbing. I found this info at the Beyond3d forums.
>
>
> Update: Another patent from today appears to relate to hardware
> accelerated
> anti-aliasing. Sounds like the Xbox 2 will specifically have some hardware
> devoted to ridding the world of dangerous jaggies."
>
>
> http://xbox2.gamegossip.com/
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> http://www.beyond3d.com/forum/viewt...p=438179#438179
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>
> patent 1
> http://www.tinyurl.com/498qz
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> patent 2
> http://www.tinyurl.com/729a5
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> I KNEW IT! I Knew it had to have a hard drive or mass storage device of

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> kind. How can you not? That is part of what made the original XBOX so
> popular. Coolio. Even if it is a couple gigs for storage of updates,
> add-ons, and save game files that is fine with me. Then it sounds like you
> can get an add-on drive to store other cool stuff like mp3's. Too bad they
> don't offer two versions. One with a small hard drive, and one with a

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> one internal. Like 2GB flash RAM or a 40GB HD. I'd pay $50 more for the HD
> version.