Any of you guys getting it? I think I am going to snatch one up.
Yeah, but you can count the days until the very last XBox game comes out. Once the 360 is released they will stop making games for the old system. Just like what happened with PS1.I'm hoping that with the introduction of the 360 and the Christmas shopping season on the horizon that the regular X-Box price will come down as well as the games and I'll probably grab that.
No. There are 2 versions of the XBox 360. The $300 version is 100% crap. Why?Xbox 360 is $300, only 400 if you buy their bundled package. I was thinking of getting it, but im just getting a new computer instead, much pricier, but I love computer games over system games any day. Plus the fact that I can buy small upgrades here and there to keep it up to date and play the latest games makes me like them more too.
same here....since i got into bodybuilding, i just didnt have anymore time for videogames, i could just imagine how much money i've spent on system and all those games, id rather spent it on some good supplements, and get resouldts from it.I have a xbox, gamecube, and ps2.. and I haven't used any of them in 1.5 years...
between work, training, eating, and sleeping... (and time with Sweetthing).
There is just no time for games.
i hate bill gates, hes so FIJCKING ritch, and Fin cheep, never gets enough, like hes going to spent all that money.The XBox 360 is not going to be backward compatible, meaning the regular Xbox games will collect dust if you don't keep your XBox to play them.. Pissed me off, I'd buy the $400 system if I could play my old games on it..
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I see a mod chip coming out to resolve this issue fairly quickly... I'd almost bet on it.The XBox 360 is not going to be backward compatible, meaning the regular Xbox games will collect dust if you don't keep your XBox to play them.. Pissed me off, I'd buy the $400 system if I could play my old games on it..
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Not all true. Right now they are saying most newer Microsoft titles will work. Also think about all the mods/hacks for Xbox1 - I'm sure there will be recompilers to play old titles.The XBox 360 is not going to be backward compatible, meaning the regular Xbox games will collect dust if you don't keep your XBox to play them.. Pissed me off, I'd buy the $400 system if I could play my old games on it..
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What do you really know about the man? Why do you hate him? Jealousy doesn't translate to hate in my book.i hate bill gates, hes so FIJCKING ritch, and Fin cheep, never gets enough, like hes going to spent all that money.
What do you really know about the man? Why do you hate him? Jealousy doesn't translate to hate in my book.
He actually gives away a **** load of his money, and has left an inheritance, in comparison, very little for his children.
$258 million to malaria
Various donations totaling over $1 Billion
I will forgive your one sided/ skewed 16yr old views. One thing to learn is to open up and see both sides of the picture...
I won't argue the finance aspect on the tax breaks of Trusts...You know, Bill Gates didn't actually donate nearly as much as it looks like on paper.
He puts tons of assets into Charitable Remainder Trusts. The way it works is, he puts assets he wants to sell into the trust. The assets are then sold. No taxes are taken because it is a trust for charity. But get this:
He can withdraw up to 90% of the money!!
It is in fact a way of MAKING money. Why? Because when you put items in the trust to be sold, you deduct their FULL value from your taxes. Money you take out of the trust isn't counted for anything at all though; it isn't added to your income.
Let's say you want to sell 1million dollars in stock. You made 5 million dollars that year so far. You put the stock into the charitable remainder trust and sell it. Then you withdraw 90%. So you have no actually made 5.9 million that year. The thing is, not only does the government not tax you on that extra 0.9 million, they give you an ADDITIONAL tax break of 1 million. So while you made 5.9 mil, you are taxed on only 4 mil.
The guy makes money hand over fist on a regular basis on this crap.
Oh and, most of his donations are to the "Bill Gates Foundation". He is completely in control of the "Bill Gates Foundation"'s resources. So he can do stuff like go on vacation, buy cars, etc. all with the foundation's money, all while getting big fat tax breaks on it.
The charities aren't allowed to touch the trust. Only Gates can. The way the trust works is, you designate where the money will go after or at a certain designated time period. IIRC they give you a limit of 10 years, but don't quote me on that since I'm not sure. The concept was created as a means by which to donate assets (not money) to charity immediately and without knowing which charity you want the proceeds to go to yet. That little "90%" bit was added on as a tax shelter for the ultra wealthy.I won't argue the finance aspect on the tax breaks of Trusts...
But what happens when the money for aids and malaria go to be used for research and vacines and 90% is gone?
Is it worth it to him? Bill Gates is the ultimate capitalist. Who knows what goes on in his head. For sure he can't actually USE his money. In fact, excluding real estate and other investments, it would be impossible for him to spend the money he currently has. Virtually every luxury you can imagine, he can have, every day, every SECOND of his life and still he won't even remotely dent his fortune.Do you really know for sure he is buying cars and going on vacations? Who regulates that... is it really worth it to him when he definately has his own financial resources?
I only know surface knowledge about a lot of the stuff. Mostly from what my brother explains to me. Yes, he is a stock trader in Manhatten. He works for a large investment bank. For obvious reasons I'm not going to say which one.You are in NJ right? Does your brother trade in Manhattan?
From previous posts and discussions you have a ton of knowledge on finance, what's your major and what do you do again?
So your brothers boss used this trust fund loop? Explain more indepth on that.
It is backward compatible for the MOST of the games, the older original games may not be but who cares about most of those.The XBox 360 is not going to be backward compatible, meaning the regular Xbox games will collect dust if you don't keep your XBox to play them.. Pissed me off, I'd buy the $400 system if I could play my old games on it..
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i had asked you for an xbox, in that thread ummm about how the board had problems and you got blamed :wave:I think Santa is giving me an XBox for Christmas. At least that was what I asked for. For some reason though, I got a huge lump of coal last year. Fat bastard.
Well, you called me out on it so I guess I'd better follow through. I'll go ahead and write Santa asking him to give you mine.i had asked you for an xbox, in that thread ummm about how the board had problems and you got blamed :wave:
Since when has sony games been free to play online? The whole reason I bought and xbox was for ONE low fee for all xbox games to play. WHen I was looking at ps2, sony doesn't host games, the people who ake the games need to host it themselves and most of the time you need to pay them. One example, I like the final fantasy games, I was looking at final fantasy XII for xbox which was online play, to play that, you needed to pay $12 a month for it. I can play ALL xbox live games for $6 a month. Xbox did it right with having it all hosted under them for a small fee. You don't need to pay lots of small fees for different games this way. ps2 is not free to play online (well only if the game makers decide to have it like that, but it wasn't like that when I looked around).Well the only thing i dont like about Xbox compared to PS is the online play, or so called "Xbox Live" well i never player games "Xbox Live" since i dont own one, and wouldnt pay to play online, PS2 has a free online play service, ofcourse i heard that xbox's xbox live is much better, and it hurdly ever laging.
Well i know why you have to pay for xbox live, theres people who work on hosting all those games and such and they need to get payed, but what about SONY the same situation, but Sony payes those people for you, just because u already bought their system, and the game.
I heard that PS3 might have the same thing .....it sux
anyone knows about that one? and xbox 360 has it.(they give you 1 month free when you buy it xbox360)
Do WHAT? Gates is probably THE most giving and charitable man in the entire WORLD. Well him and his wife anyways. And I really literally mean that.... they donate more money to REAL charities that often get overlooked than even whole GOVERNMENTS do. He recently donated like $600 million to Malaria research. He's donated something like $25 BILLION over the past 10 years to various GOOD causes. This isnt an exageration here!i hate bill gates, hes so FIJCKING ritch, and Fin cheep, never gets enough, like hes going to spent all that money.
No.... Windows will not be F'd in the A. I work in IT and this is one thing I know.Yeah i know .....that true.
BUT
what he does is charges you with over priced prices for lets say windows which is $100-$150, and basicly donates YOUR money to charities.
Now windows will get F'd in the ass when Linux now is free and getting more and more operational.
Yeah i know .....that true.
BUT
what he does is charges you with over priced prices for lets say windows which is $100-$150, and basicly donates YOUR money to charities.
Now windows will get F'd in the ass when Linux now is free and getting more and more operational.