MS picked design for new Xbox after consumers said it was designed by Apple

[Jalexster]

IGN said that the revolution looks like an Apple product. It's doesn't really, but they did say that referring to a product as something that looks Apple designed is "just about the highest compliment we can pay an industrial design".

http://cube.ign.com/articles/617/617195p1.html

Between the three systems, the Rev looks the best. X360 looks like a Dell, PS3 looks like a fridge. Not to mention that it is MASSIVE. Rev is a tiny sleek box with a slot loading drive that takes both 12cm and 8cm disks. Little door on the front for SD cards. Three buttons (Power, Eject and Reset) as well as a white power light (Mac mini style). Left side of the system opens to reveal four Gamecube controller ports, as well as two slots for Gamecube memory cards. Back has Power, USB (x2), an Analogue AV out and a Digital AV out (both are proprietary connectors that can be used with a variety of cables).

 

[Yvan256]

IRev is a tiny sleek box with a slot loading drive that takes both 12cm and 8cm disks. Little door on the front for SD cards. Three buttons (Power, Eject and Reset) as well as a white power light (Mac mini style). Left side of the system opens to reveal four Gamecube controller ports, as well as two slots for Gamecube memory cards. Back has Power, USB (x2), an Analogue AV out and a Digital AV out (both are proprietary connectors that can be used with a variety of cables).

Any pictures of the back? Does the Revolution still uses the same AV cables as the SNES/N64/GC (including digital AV from GC)?

If the Revolution can use the GC's components video cable, I might just go ahead and buy it (and it probably will, seeing as the S-Video cable I'm using with my GC came from my SNES).

 

[Squareball]

I did a little write up recently on the new XBOX 360 design rip-off

 

[Jalexster]

Any pictures of the back? Does the Revolution still uses the same AV cables as the SNES/N64/GC (including digital AV from GC)?

If the Revolution can use the GC's components video cable, I might just go ahead and buy it (and it probably will, seeing as the S-Video cable I'm using with my GC came from my SNES).

I think it does use the same sockets. But I think there is a new cable that terminates in four plugs instead of three. The old cable terminated in three plugs for Component/RGB. This will probably terminate in those three again, as well as a coaxial digital audio out (which uses a standard RCA plug anyway).