The Garmin 496...a teenager's review

"If Microsoft built the X-Box the way Garmin built the 496, they'd
have sold about five of them..."

They did, comparatively.

That's funny -- every kid my son knows owns an X-box. If only Garmin
were so unlucky...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay,

That's funny -- every kid my son knows owns an X-box.


No offense, but we've been through this before. As we have discussed
here at numerous occasions, there's a difference between "Jay's world"
and statistics.

The Xbox 360 has sold badly. Less have been sold than even MS expected.
Way less. The Xbox venture as a whole so far is a loss for MS - albeit
one they can afford. If it wasn't for Sony being so immensely dumb, the
Xbox would be close to non-existent. With current generation consoles,
the Wii is the success story.

Oh, and the Xbox 360s will have to have a factory defect repaired. All
of them.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
...
Jay,

That's funny -- every kid my son knows owns an X-box.


No offense, but we've been through this before. As we have discussed
here at numerous occasions, there's a difference between "Jay's world"
and statistics.

The Xbox 360 has sold badly. Less have been sold than even MS expected.
Way less. The Xbox venture as a whole so far is a loss for MS - albeit
one they can afford. If it wasn't for Sony being so immensely dumb, the
Xbox would be close to non-existent. With current generation consoles,
the Wii is the success story.

Oh, and the Xbox 360s will have to have a factory defect repaired. All
of them.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)


The 360 was compromized befor it was even aviable for retail sale. I know in
my kids X-Box it has 250gig HD and is packed with games. Why buy a 360 at
the price they want now wait till price is less. Bet better the the PS wich
hasent released a game in a while hahahaha....

http://www.xbox-scene.com

"NW_Pilot" wrote in message
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"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
...
Jay,

That's funny -- every kid my son knows owns an X-box.


No offense, but we've been through this before. As we have discussed
here at numerous occasions, there's a difference between "Jay's world"
and statistics.

The Xbox 360 has sold badly. Less have been sold than even MS expected.
Way less. The Xbox venture as a whole so far is a loss for MS - albeit
one they can afford. If it wasn't for Sony being so immensely dumb, the
Xbox would be close to non-existent. With current generation consoles,
the Wii is the success story.

Oh, and the Xbox 360s will have to have a factory defect repaired. All
of them.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)


The 360 was compromized befor it was even aviable for retail sale. I know
in my kids X-Box it has 250gig HD and is packed with games. Why buy a 360
at the price they want now wait till price is less. Bet better the the PS
wich hasent released a game in a while hahahaha....

http://www.xbox-scene.com



Dam broken spell checker hahahaha!!!!

The Xbox 360 has sold badly. Less have been sold than even MS expected

That may be the case, but they've still sold millions of the damned
things, and they are EVERYWHERE. Walk into any gamer hangout or
computer store in America, and half the store will be X-Box console
games. The other half will be Playstation and Wii (which, although up
and coming, still hasn't displaced the Big Two), with a tiny little
corner devoted to PC games.

If only Garmin sold 3% as much as the "failed" X-Box, maybe they'd
install a decent processor in the 496.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:

The Xbox 360 has sold badly. Less have been sold than even MS expected

That may be the case, but they've still sold millions of the damned
things, and they are EVERYWHERE. Walk into any gamer hangout or
computer store in America, and half the store will be X-Box console
games. The other half will be Playstation and Wii (which, although up
and coming, still hasn't displaced the Big Two), with a tiny little
corner devoted to PC games.

Sales figures of the boxes themselves are somewhat different:

http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_6331086

"In the first five months of the year, Nintendo has walked away as the
winner, selling 1.73 million Wiis in the United States, according to market
researcher NPD Group. Microsoft has sold 1 million Xbox 360s and Sony has
sold only 665,000 PS3s."

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
The Xbox 360 has sold badly. Less have been sold than even MS expected

That may be the case, but they've still sold millions of the damned
things, and they are EVERYWHERE. Walk into any gamer hangout or
computer store in America, and half the store will be X-Box console
games. The other half will be Playstation and Wii (which, although up
and coming, still hasn't displaced the Big Two), with a tiny little
corner devoted to PC games.

If only Garmin sold 3% as much as the "failed" X-Box, maybe they'd
install a decent processor in the 496.

And if those gamers would learn to fly, instead of playing MSFS like our
dear MX, then Garmin COULD sell millions of units.

Sheesh!