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(This message is from Sean)

This is my comparison cart that I will try to keep more up-to-date than any of the other sites with comparison carts, such as idn.indrema.com, www.msxbox.com, or www.nintendo.com sites.

  Indrema's L600 XBOX Playstation2 GameCube
CPU x86 600 mhz or more 733 MHZ Intel Pentium III 300 Mhz 450 powerpc IBM gecko graphics chip
GPU Graphics chip developed by nVidia is a generational leap from current features and performance 250Mhz custom-designed nVidia chip 150 Mhz Sony GS ATI Flipper chip
Memory/bandwith 96 MB (64 Core + 32 Local)/5-10 GB/Sec* 64MB/6.4GB/sec 38 MB/3.2 GB/Sec 48 MB/3.2 GB/Sec
Polygon 120-180 M/Sec* 125 M/sec 66 M/Sec 90 M/Sec
Storage Medium 4x DVD, 10 GB hard disk 2-5x DVD, Hard disk 8GB, 8MB Memory card 4x DVD, 8 MB memory card MiniDVD, 8megs-1gig mem. card
Internet Access Built in browser and email, use any Internet service provider Yes, mite require MSN Future Upgrade, cd with browser will be out soon. Future Upgrade
Broadband Enabled Yes Yes Future Upgrade Future Upgrade
DVD Movie Playback Yes, progressive scan Required remote Yes No
Personal TV Available No No No
MP3 Jukebox Built In No No No
Software Architecture Open Source, Open API Mixed API Mixed API Mixed API
Freeware Games and Bundled game Yes, Yes No, Unknown No, No. No, Unknowm
I/O 100mbps, 1 s-video, component HD out, 1 stereo in 1 out, 1 Digital Audio out, 4 front side USB ports 2 back side. Game controller x4 and Ethernet (10/100) firewire, usb, and playstation only gameports GameCube only controller ports
US Launch Date Spring 2001 Fall 2001 Check Ebay Fall 2001