Microsoft makes first major Xbox 360 motherboard change

WinInfo | at | by Mike

Microsoft is apparently beginning its long, slow move to more efficient next-generation Xbox 360 consoles. But don't get too excited, as the cooler-running (and quieter) CPUs aren't quite ready yet. Instead, Microsoft is beginning with a new version of the Xbox 360 "premium" console (which is really just called "Xbox 360," compared with the Xbox 360 Core System and Xbox 360 Elite) which adds the HDTV-compatible HDMI A/V port that was previously only found on the high-end Elite. The new versions of the console are being quietly pushed in the market now, with no announcement from Microsoft. This leaves the Core System as the only version without HDMI.