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Hi,
I got an XBOX 360 last Saturday. God knows why as I really wanted a Wii a month ago but saw an excellent pack and just went for it.
Great bit of hardware, superb interface and Xbox Live is such a fantastic thing. Brilliant how I can connect it to my Windows Media PC so very easily, though rather pointless as both are connected to the same HDTV and sitting right next to each other underneath it!
What I was wondering is if anybody knows if the 360 can connect to a networked hard drive and how? I assume it could see the files on a USB hard disk connected to it as it does on a 4gb USB memory stick I got, but I would like to be able to have a central place for media files accessible by the Media PC, my gaming/work PC, my laptop, and the 360... if I keep it.
Not sure if I'm going to keep it you see as I just can't get used to the controller after 10 years of PC gaming with a keyboard and mouse... plus most of the overpriced games are boring war-based shooters or sports sims with names like NFKHL 07 or what have you... the only saving grace is actually how much fun it is to sit on my sofa and play Oblivion - I think the controller works okay for that, though it still feels a bit awkward.
Plus I'm expecting a delivery tomorrow of a 8800GTS 320mb for my gaming PC and feel maybe I've overstretched my credit card and overblown my Gaming Quotient! And I still have a lot of fun with my old Gamecube (the new Zelda is fantastic!) and don't really need an Xbox 360, do I?
Perhaps I ought to get out more.
I got an XBOX 360 last Saturday. God knows why as I really wanted a Wii a month ago but saw an excellent pack and just went for it.
Great bit of hardware, superb interface and Xbox Live is such a fantastic thing. Brilliant how I can connect it to my Windows Media PC so very easily, though rather pointless as both are connected to the same HDTV and sitting right next to each other underneath it!
What I was wondering is if anybody knows if the 360 can connect to a networked hard drive and how? I assume it could see the files on a USB hard disk connected to it as it does on a 4gb USB memory stick I got, but I would like to be able to have a central place for media files accessible by the Media PC, my gaming/work PC, my laptop, and the 360... if I keep it.
Not sure if I'm going to keep it you see as I just can't get used to the controller after 10 years of PC gaming with a keyboard and mouse... plus most of the overpriced games are boring war-based shooters or sports sims with names like NFKHL 07 or what have you... the only saving grace is actually how much fun it is to sit on my sofa and play Oblivion - I think the controller works okay for that, though it still feels a bit awkward.
Plus I'm expecting a delivery tomorrow of a 8800GTS 320mb for my gaming PC and feel maybe I've overstretched my credit card and overblown my Gaming Quotient! And I still have a lot of fun with my old Gamecube (the new Zelda is fantastic!) and don't really need an Xbox 360, do I?
Perhaps I ought to get out more.
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