Purely on hardware.. (Score 1)

..I think the Xbox is a nice middle ground between the PC and systems like the Gamecube. One thing I really like about the Gamecube and Xbox is "no hassle" game playing(and the PS2 for that matter). When is last time that you didn't have to spend a least an hour installing a game to your PC, downloading the latest patches, and tweaking your video card to make it work perfectly? I'm sure a lot of people like this control and the ability to tweak stuff, but it gets old when you just want to sit down and play. I do think the Xbox has the advantage over the Gamecube because it has the "no hassle", it has more powerful hardware, it has an ethernet port already built in, and beacuse of the hard drive it also has the ability to eventually download fixes and patches to correct problems in games and hopefully add enhancements. I think the article brought up a good point about add on adapters such as the ethernet port for the Gamecube. Past systems have had problems getting software developers to write for the accessories, and I hope that Nintendo plays it right and releases its' accessories early on and doesn't wait until developers look at them as a bother incorporate. -b