Xbox could easily become one of the cheapest multimedia PCs on the market. Due to the fact that the Xbox is more or less a normal PC, it would need only minor changes to run PC software on the Xbox platform. http://web.mit.edu/bunnie/www/proj/anatak/xboxmod.html

I personally am not a gamer. I have bought legally 4-5 games my entire life. I have denied my Kids Video Games to a certain extent as I would rather they be outside being active. But I have some friends who dis-assembled their X-Box even before they played it.

It has not taken the Asian market very long to have Mod chips. The first Xbox add-ons that purportedly allow the console to play illegally copied game software have gone on sale. The Xtender, a "mod chip" intended to be added to the main circuit board of the Xbox, went on sale last weekend through retailers such as Hong Kong-based Lik Sang. The mod chips promise similar functions based on disabling copy-protection features built into the Xbox. http://news.com.com/2100-1040-924666.html