Ballmer Teases New Xboxes at University Q&A
A new Xbox in time for Natal, perhaps?
Last week, Steve Ballmer spoke at the University of Washington. He shared some interesting thoughts on cloud computing and detailed that 70 percent of Microsoft employees are currently working on cloud-related projects. However, some of Steve's other comments have people talking too -- specifically something he said about the Xbox line.
The transcript of Steve's talk at the Paul G. Allen Center for Computer Science & Engineering at University of Washington is available online (via CrunchGear) and it reveals that Microsoft is considering offering Xbox fans more options when it comes to price and form factor.
"… for that big screen device here's a piece of hardware that we build, there's no diversity. You get exactly the Xboxes that we build for you. We may have more form factors in the future that are designed for various price points and options, but we think it's going to important."
With Sony's PS3 Slim already on the market six months, it seems like a smaller, more compact Xbox 360 is long overdue. However, Ballmer's comments make it seem like much more than that. What kind of configurations or form factors would you like to see? Let us know in the comments below!

You failed geometry at school didn't you
Or did you mean the old xbox 180?
Second, integrated wireless.
Third, Eyefinity or similar technology with 3 1080p HDTVs.
Fourth, 3D.
-eSATA
-brennon7's list
Second Blu-Ray
Third provide proper HTPC software or unlock to enable 3rd party solutions.
Then make the drive quieter. Why was the DVD the loudest piece anyway.
Then begin offering the 250gig drive from the MW2 edition as part of the Elites and as an off the shelf component.
As far as form factor, I don't see a reason why we couldn't use a slim-slot loading DVD or BD drive, and stick the drive over where the CPU heatsinks are, then slim down all that space on the left of the Xbox.
Esata/usb3
Wireless
Passive
Faster
Smaller
cheaper
Firefox
And thats about it
2nd- Big HDD and bluray on only 1 Xbox(It wont be necesary to overprice ur hardware with #1, ur warranty budget will dramatically drop, and it wont be necesary to have 2 Xboxes since #1 and #2 will make ur Xbox cheap and this time u wont lose $)
3rd- Optional Avatars( nobody likes them)
4th- It WILL cost even less if u make it smaller and quieter
Thats all I would want in an Xbox and then I will buy it. I dont even care about the 8800 chipset( even though all the swarming trolls in this article will care with the bias and all that). I think Im WAY overdo to play GoW2 and Halo.
1. Large SSD (250Gb minimum)
2. Silent ODD
3. Silent cooling
4 Better Graphics (maybe... not sure how it would affect the performance of games that are already optimized for the current GPU... also the current graphics aren't bad for a console)
5. Ability to mod the console in certain ways without voiding the warranty (ie: HDD/SSD/ODD upgrades)
6. integrated wi-fi would be nice (although I already have adapters for both my xboxes)
That should do it for now I guess.
Because they cant make games to play better on one version of a console than another. Thats affecting all of the other millions of Xbox users. well just have to wait for the other generation.
The PSPgo is a recent example of how Sony failed because they changed everything about the original PSP users had.
What does this even mean...
When you see it you turn a 360 and go the other way!
Seriously? A 250Gb SSD? What planet made of gold are you living on?
Also, way to describe everything that PC gaming can easily deliver...
As far as hardware is concerned the 360 is doing well keeping up with current titles. I was surprised how good Battlefield Bad Company 2 runs on the 5 year old console. I doubt any computer I built at that time could run that game now.