about the xbox360 120gb hdd - Blu-ray Forum

boweyang · 03-29-2007, 11:20 AM

since it is microsoft, doesn't that equate to about 90gb or less since that seems to be their trend with windows. compare that to normal or yellowdog linux which is slimmer so that the 60gigs for the ps3 seems to go down to only about a gig or 2. I know my numbers aren't right but isnt that the idea?

phranctoast · 03-29-2007, 12:36 PM

Im pretty sure their 20gig was only 13 after the OS, but I dont own one so Im not positive.

I cant see the OS using anymore space regardless of original HDD space. 7gigs sound about right to me so Ill take a wild guess and say the new HDD is 113GB after everythings said and done.

Is this what your talking about? I was a bit confused. like your sig btw/

nhaase · 03-29-2007, 02:02 PM

Yes, the 20gb went down to 13gb w/ the OS. You can squeeze a little out of that 7gb by deleting the videos and crap they have on there.

akadkins · 03-29-2007, 02:26 PM

You know, at the end of the day it doesn't matter for the game development side because there will always be an Xbox 360 out there that has no hard drive...so developers can never make use of this added space. Not a problem today - but it will be in a year or two...

JTK · 03-29-2007, 02:44 PM

Y'know, I can go to www.pricewatch.com right now, for example, and call up several fairly nice 500GB hard drives right now for what MS is asking for, for their 120 GB on this "newer" Xbox360.

ProvenFlipper · 03-29-2007, 04:11 PM

Remember too, the larger a hard drive is the more you lose in formatting.

jason · 03-29-2007, 04:22 PM

160gb is the largest to us consumers right now on them hard drives... around $105 for it, unless of course you can use an external then a 750gb+ is not out of question.

03-29-2007, 11:20 AM	#1
boweyang Member Member since:May 2006 Location:North Carolina	about the xbox360 120gb hdd since it is microsoft, doesn't that equate to about 90gb or less since that seems to be their trend with windows. compare that to normal or yellowdog linux which is slimmer so that the 60gigs for the ps3 seems to go down to only about a gig or 2. I know my numbers aren't right but isnt that the idea?

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03-29-2007, 12:36 PM	#2
phranctoast Power Member Member since:Aug 2006 Location:Long Island, NY;psn:phranctoast Blu-ray collection:78	Im pretty sure their 20gig was only 13 after the OS, but I dont own one so Im not positive. I cant see the OS using anymore space regardless of original HDD space. 7gigs sound about right to me so Ill take a wild guess and say the new HDD is 113GB after everythings said and done. Is this what your talking about? I was a bit confused. like your sig btw/

03-29-2007, 02:02 PM	#3
nhaase Special Member Member since:Mar 2007 Trading Score:2	Yes, the 20gb went down to 13gb w/ the OS. You can squeeze a little out of that 7gb by deleting the videos and crap they have on there.

03-29-2007, 02:26 PM	#4
akadkins Senior Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:San Diego, CA Blu-ray collection:2 Trading Score:2	You know, at the end of the day it doesn't matter for the game development side because there will always be an Xbox 360 out there that has no hard drive...so developers can never make use of this added space. Not a problem today - but it will be in a year or two...

03-29-2007, 02:44 PM	#5
JTK Blu-ray Knight Member since:Jan 2006 Location:www.blurayoasis.com	Y'know, I can go to www.pricewatch.com right now, for example, and call up several fairly nice 500GB hard drives right now for what MS is asking for, for their 120 GB on this "newer" Xbox360.

03-29-2007, 04:11 PM	#6
ProvenFlipper Special Member Member since:Jun 2006 Home Theater Gallery:4 4K collection:335 Blu-ray collection:901 Trading Score:1	Remember too, the larger a hard drive is the more you lose in formatting.

03-29-2007, 04:22 PM	#7
jason Active Member Member since:Aug 2006	160gb is the largest to us consumers right now on them hard drives... around $105 for it, unless of course you can use an external then a 750gb+ is not out of question.

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