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Different XeDK Types:

 

Demo Kit:

Used at trade shows like E3.

Looks exactly like a Retail 360.

The most basic model that will run unsigned code, and access PartnerNet.

 

Reviewer Kit:

Is a Smoky Gray Color, like a Dev Kit.

Usually has a 60GB Hard Drive

Shipped to reviewers at magazines, and websites.

Test Kit:

White like retail models.

Usually has a sidecar attached, if it doesn't wires will be coming from the top, allowing a sidecar to be attached.

Only the DVD Emulation port is installed though

Has larger Hard Drive, usually about 100-160GB.

 

Dev Kit:

Is a Smokey Gray color.

Has Kernel Debugging enabled

May, or may not have a Sidecar attached.

Usually has a bigger hard drive (100-160GB).

 

 

Extras:

Sidecar - This is the big chunk on top of some XeDKs that you see on the internet. It will have either one or two USB-B ports on the back, if it has one, then you can use the DVD Emulation feature, and play Debug/Work in Progress games directly from a computer's Hard Drive; if the Test/Dev Kit has two Ports one will be the DVD Emulation, the other will be the PIX (Performance Investigator for Xbox) port, which lets you see what the CPU is outputting.

 

Power Supply - 213W needed for Sidecar, otherwise retail PSUs will work fine

 

 

Benefits:

Play test/dev builds of unreleased/prereleased games

PartnerNet is free

DVD drive is not locked to console

Can be reflashed at anytime to any version

Play games off hard drive

Hard drive not locked to console, can use any size SATA HDD

Can take screenshots or videos of games

Play homebrew built XEXs

Backup games to your PC

Multi-region

 

Downfalls:

PartnerNet is nowhere near Lives status

Cannot play retail games (unless patched)

There is no warranty, so if you get the three red lights, you have to fix it yourself

Getting the SDK and/or SDK tools is much harder than getting the XeDK

Cost is significantly higher than a brand new retail 360

Not all games that are patched can be played

 

 

Questions:

How much should I pay for...?

The best answer to this question is, "How much would you pay for this ____(truck,car,house,monitor,...)?" If you still don't get it, there is no set price, it's all based on numerous factors (condition,what's included,type,...). The best advice I can give is base it on how much the other person is selling it for.

 

PartnerNet, tell me more...

Yes it's free, but you will find 1/900th the populace of Live on it and it does not interoperable with Live. You cannot download movies or TV shows. However, Live Arcade, updates, add-ons, and unreleased versions of those are available for free.

 

Taken from a site, which apparently took it from xbox-underground.

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You could have asked nicely, since honestly I didn't know where it came from since I got it from xbox-scene. Reporting a site will do nothing except a war of reporting other sites. I wouldn't threaten with that, otherwise all sites would begin to get reported. And your going to DDOS the site? Grow up, ask first then demand later. Kids these days have no patience.
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You need a god damn developer/demo/reviewer kit to mod Halo 3, since there's no way to crack/factor/resign (I don't know correct term) the RSA encryption on the map files, without bypassing it (which is what you can do on a dev kit)

 

Hope that helped.

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I have a demo kit ?

it's good ? ican mod .map with construct no ?

Yes, if you had a demo kit then you would be able to mod .map with construct, but I wouldn't suggest buying one.

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