Microsoft Xbox 360

Microsoft Xbox 360

Microsoft Xbox 360 is a video game console manufactured by Microsoft and co-developed with IBM, ATI and SiS. This is the second video game console produced by Microsoft in the Xbox series. It was released for the public on November 22, 2005.

Features

The Xbox 360 is built with 3.2 GHz PowerPC Tri-Core Xenon and storage capacity of 20, 60 or 120 GB hard drive; and 64, 256 or 512 MB memory cards depending on the model. It is equipped with 500 MHz ATI Xenos as its graphic provider. The Xbox 360 enables up to 4 wired or wireless or combination of either controllers. In term of connectivity, it connects via 3 × USB 2.0, IR port and 100 Mbit Ethernet with add-on of Wifi 802.11a/b/g. In addition, the GUI uses the Twist UI (used in Windows Media Center, Zune). The Blade interface is still used in the new Xbox Guide. It allows user to do everything from the Dashboard itself, whether it’s ejecting a disk or browsing the Marketplace, thus making it easier to navigate throughout the system. Plus, it also features the ability to install games from the disk to the hard drive, reducing load times and disk drive noise. The update requires at least 128MB free space on either a memory card or a hard drive. The Xbox 360 supports videos in .wmv-format, as well as high-definition .wmv-videos, H.264, MPEG-4, and PlaysForSure WMV videos. Music, photos and videos can be played from standard USB mass storage devices, Xbox 360 proprietary storage devices (such as memory cards or Xbox 360 hard drives), and servers or computers with Windows Media Center or Windows XP with Service Pack 2 or higher within the local-area network in streaming mode.