Xbox, Xbox. Everywhere there was an Xbox. You could not escape the buzz surrounding the Xbox. Microsoft setup up an entire area deveoted to Xbox and the titles on Xbox. Although I could not get close enough to play any of the games, the games themselves looked very good. Halo (although I asked around, no one seemed to really know if Halo will be available for the PC at some point in the future) and Gothem Racing were the two titles that caught my eye. The general buzz about the Xbox is pretty positive, and people seem hopeful that Xbox might spawn PC-versions of Xbox titles. Being a PC gamer that doesn't own a console system, Xbox has given me reason to start really thinking about the possibility of buying one. The games look good and the performance is good. Maybe I just need to give in, and start buying games for two platforms?

AMD

The shape of things to come for AMD's Athlon XP core; a die shrink to Thoroughbred

AMD hosted a press-only event at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway where attendees could take a ride in a Dodge Viper down the drag strip at 150+ miles per hour. AMD continued to focus on speed with their announcement of the new 1.2GHz mobile Athlon 4 and the mobile 950MHz Duron.

1.2 GHz Athlon 4 in AMD's suite