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mrstickball said:


Care to cite a source for that? I'll try to find a source or two that relate to Microsoft's decision for the huge external power supply vs. an internal one.


MS has stated several times that they wanted a much smaller unit than the original Xbox. That's probably the reason for the external power supply.

It doesn't help that IBM Power6 architecture runs at the temperature of the Sun's core, either. 




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