Wow.The New York Post's review of the Xbox 360 hit the paper and web today and they take their usual over the top approach.

The lede:

THE buzz started six months ago. There's Bill Gates on the cover of Time magazine in May, with a glowing green-and-white machine. "Inside Bill's New Xbox" it screamed.

Since then, the Xbox 360 - a sequel to Microsoft's Xbox video-game unit - has been the subject of breathless profiles, splashy television ads and Internet gossip. The first shipments, due Tuesday, are already sold out. Analysts are calling it this year's hot holiday gift. Don't believe the hype - and don't buy the Xbox 360.

While I see where Maxine Shen is coming from, what the rest of her story is really saying is don't buy the 360 YET, not at all.

I spoke with Shen yesterday and am quoted a few times in the article. Unfortunately, she only used the negative things I had to say about the system and none of the positive. I'm guessing the others quoted feel the same. It's not that the article is misleading, I just wish it was a bit longer and touched on some of the positives of the console.

Don't Buy the Xbox 360 [NY Post]

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