[Sussex] XBOX FIRE RISK

[Alan Pope]

On Fri, 18 Feb 2005 10:21:46 -0000 (GMT), Andrew Guard
<andrew at andrewguard.com> wrote:
> Microsoft has issued an emergency recall for XBox.  There is a serious
> risk of XBox hard ware starting a fire.
> 

Nice bit of sensationalist propaganda there.

> This is nothing new for Microsoft naff software, naff hardware.
> 

The xbox is actually acclaimed as quite a neat bit of kit given the
youth of Microsoft in the console sector.

> This is a serious safty risk, do not use XBox until you have hardware
> fixed, you could be puting your familey at risk by using the XBox.
> 

Oh please. No you're not. Mine for example isn't affected.

"It affects Xboxes made before 23 October 2003 for all regions but
mainland Europe - and consoles in that region made before 13 January
2004."

Cheers,
Al.