# Roughly $500 later... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 15, 2001, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roughly-500-later/93468 "2001-11-15T05:08:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Civil\_Defense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Civil\_Defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Defense)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roughly-500-later/93468/1 "2001-11-15T05:08:15Z")
12:08 AM. Damn. I hate the media. Why, oh why was I brainwashed into buying one of these damn things? More importantly, why am I sitting at my computer when I could be USING the damn thing? Heh… back later. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roughly-500-later/93468/2 "2001-11-15T05:18:44Z")
Lost? ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Defense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Civil\_Defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Defense)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roughly-500-later/93468/3 "2001-11-15T05:20:09Z")
> [@](#): > > Lost? Consider yourself lucky you weren’t hit by the hype. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roughly-500-later/93468/4 "2001-11-15T06:52:21Z")
You are lucky…Damn Wal-Mart in my town won’t start selling them until the day manager gets in. (Wonder how long we can keep everyone in the dark 🙂 ) * * * Plato? Aristotle? Socrates? Morons! ~Love me, Hate me, Make me live again… -Better Than Ezra ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Defense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Civil\_Defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Defense)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roughly-500-later/93468/5 "2001-11-15T06:57:18Z")
> [@](#): > > You are lucky…Damn Wal-Mart in my town won’t start selling them until the day manager gets in. > > (Wonder how long we can keep everyone in the dark ) I just happened to be in WalMart at 12:00. I was browsing through DVDs and someone on loudspeaker came on and said “Attention customers, (insert product here) are now on sale in the electronics department.” Damn. Talk about being swamped within seconds. I picked one up just for the hell of it. Not really intending to buy it, maybe hold out for some unlucky sap to stroll in a few minutes later. But I figured, why not… Some interesting figures for those of you intending to purchase one- WalMart around here said that each store in the area is getting 25 to sell opening day. Target told me they had 30 on the shelves tomorrow morning. Best Buy, my esteemed employer, is fronting about 75 per store for opening day, 8 am. ---
**Author:** ![BillyGnos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/71c47a/32.png) [@BillyGnos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BillyGnos)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roughly-500-later/93468/6 "2001-11-15T07:02:32Z")
Forgive me for not catching on (or perhaps I have caught on), but are you talking about the Microsoft Xbox? ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Defense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Civil\_Defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Defense)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roughly-500-later/93468/7 "2001-11-15T07:06:20Z")
> [@](#): > > Forgive me for not catching on (or perhaps I have caught on), but are you talking about the Microsoft Xbox? Indeedy. ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roughly-500-later/93468/8 "2001-11-15T10:07:53Z")
I guessed first…Do I get a prize? * * * Plato? Aristotle? Socrates? Morons! ~Where have you gone, my Rosealia? Into the crowd, he’ll never find you… -Better Than Ezra ---
**Author:** ![ultress](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/7c8e57/32.png) [@ultress](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultress)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roughly-500-later/93468/9 "2001-11-15T10:46:32Z")
You shoulda never told people you work at Best Buy. You are doomed for life now. ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roughly-500-later/93468/10 "2001-11-15T12:26:33Z")
My room mate just picked up one for me, with Project Gotham Racing…So now I am out roughly $500 too. _sigh_ * * * Plato? Aristotle? Socrates? Morons! ~Can you be so warm? Can you know what I feel? Well it’s the way we shake and sway, and it’s the passion that you play… -Better Than Ezra ---
**Author:** ![Ayesha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Ayesha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ayesha)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roughly-500-later/93468/11 "2001-11-15T15:24:18Z")
Please fight a little ignorance by telling me what xbox is and why it’s worth $500.00 . ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roughly-500-later/93468/12 "2001-11-15T15:51:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ayesha \* > \*\*Please fight a little ignorance by telling me what xbox is and why it’s worth $500.00 . \*\* Boy, howdy, but that’s a good question… ---
**Author:** ![TheNewbie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/db5fbb/32.png) [@TheNewbie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNewbie)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roughly-500-later/93468/13 "2001-11-15T16:39:18Z")
XBox is a tiny lil computer, with no hard drive, a fairly slow processor, minimal amounts of ram, with no keyboard, and no monitor produced by microsoft. It does, however, play some games I hear… ---
**Author:** ![Necros](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/necros/32/11086_2.png) [@Necros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necros)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roughly-500-later/93468/14 "2001-11-15T16:51:25Z")
The XBox does, contrary to your assertions, indeed contain a hard drive. ---
**Author:** ![TheNewbie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/db5fbb/32.png) [@TheNewbie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNewbie)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roughly-500-later/93468/15 "2001-11-15T17:03:50Z")
Sorry about that, I was posting without actually checking into it. That’s what I get huh? ---
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roughly-500-later/93468/16 "2001-11-15T18:08:47Z")
Hang about. $500? I thought they were going for $300. Are you in Canada or did you get roped into some package deal? Oh, how much are the games selling for? ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Defense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Civil\_Defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Defense)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roughly-500-later/93468/17 "2001-11-15T19:00:08Z")
> [@](#): > > Hang about. $500? I thought they were going for $300. Are you in Canada or did you get roped into some package deal? > > Oh, how much are the games selling for? They ARE selling for $300. But you also have to factor in an additional controller ($35), 2 games ($100), and a memory card. Unless you want to play one player with one game. ---
**Author:** ![Spit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/76d3ee/32.png) [@Spit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spit)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roughly-500-later/93468/18 "2001-11-15T20:02:18Z")
Well, I can safely say, after three hours of playing…It isn’t hype. This thing KICKS ASS. 'Nuf said. * * * Plato? Aristotle? Socrates? Morons! ~Did you love before? Did they love you for you? -Better Than Ezra ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roughly-500-later/93468/19 "2001-11-15T20:24:14Z")
Oh god…no…please…tell me it sucks. It so cannot kick ass. Lotsa hype, no product. Right? As I watch my vacation money disappear… ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Defense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Civil\_Defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Defense)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2001, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roughly-500-later/93468/20 "2001-11-15T21:33:47Z")
> [@](#): > > XBox is a tiny lil computer, with no hard drive, a fairly slow processor, minimal amounts of ram, with no keyboard, and no monitor produced by microsoft. Let’s see… tiny lil computer? Yup. No hard drive? Wrong. 8 GB hard drive. Fairly slow processor? A 733 MHz processor with a 233 MHz video card is a faster system than most people run on their desktop. Minimal amounts of RAM? 64 MB of RAM is hardly minimal for a video game system. Compare PS2- 32 MB RAM. No keyboard? Well, really? You mean it has a controller? Like every other game system out there? No monitor? Cough. TV. > [@](#): > > Sorry about that, I was posting without actually checking into it. That’s what I get huh? If you’re going to slam the Xbox, do so properly. Don’t make unsupported claims. > [@](#): > > Oh god…no…please…tell me it sucks. It so cannot kick ass. Lotsa hype, no product. Sorry, it kicks ass. No ifs ands or buts. I was very skeptical coming home last night, having never spent that kind of money on an entertainment system before, but I was surprised. It is “hellacool”. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roughly-500-later/93468.md?page=2)