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Break Free From The PC July 2000 • Vol.8 Issue 7 Page(s) 71-73 in print issue Add To My Personal Library Break Free From The PC Explore Your Options For E-mail Hardware When Bill Gates talks, the industry listens, even if the topic revolves around fun and games. At the annual Game Developers Conference this past March, Gates announced Microsoft's plans to wow the video game world with a "future-generation" dedicated video game console called X-Box. Scheduled to debut in September 2001, X-Box is expected to deliver rich, compelling graphics, pushing about 300 million polygons per second. In comparison, the
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