Spring Xbox 360 Update

[JONTHEBOMB]

http://features.teamxbox.com/xbox/1596/Xbox-360-Spring-Platform-Update-Details/p1

It always bugged me that my 360 which is at least nine times faster then my PC couldn't manage to  download something and listen to music at the same time.  The Active Download feature will be a very welcomed edition.

[versapak]

http://features.teamxbox.com/xbox/1596/Xbox-360-Spring-Platform-Update-Details/p1

It always bugged me that my 360 which is at least nine times faster then my PC couldn't manage to  download something and listen to music at the same time.  The Active Download feature will be a very welcomed edition.

Yep, and finally being able to turn on the 360, and have it boot straight to dash, as well as having the persistent soundtracks. All my dashboard related problems have now been taken care of. Well... They will have been taken care of when this thing finally gets released anyway.

[gamecreature]

Now if they could only get some more games on that backwards compatibility list! 

[versapak]

Now if they could only get some more games on that backwards compatibility list! 

Amen to that.

[JONTHEBOMB]

Now if they could only get some more games on that backwards compatibility list! 

I bet MS will release a bunch right before the PS3 launches.  Also, they should focus on adding quality games to the list like Prince of Persia: Two Thrones and get rid of abominations like Kabuki Warriors.

[DYNAGOD]

active download is complete ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow---..
its just a queue!
the 360 is supposedly a computer and has access to my cable modem and all my bandwidth and it still cant download more than one thing at a time..

i thought it meant true multiple downloads..
this feature is useless..

i knew there wasnt much to this update when i downloaded in less than 3 minutes.
 

[versapak]

active download is complete ---smurf-poop---..
its just a queue!
the 360 is supposedly a computer and has access to my cable modem and all my bandwidth and it still cant download more than one thing at a time..

i thought it meant true multiple downloads..
this feature is useless..

i knew there wasnt much to this update when i downloaded in less than 3 minutes.
 

 

Why would 6 simultaneous downloads be any faster than a queue of 6?

It is not like on your PC, where you might be pulling these 6 d/l from 6 different locations all with their own bandwidth pipes. You are downloading them all from the same location, so 6 at once or 6 one after the other, you are pulling the same amount of data down the same pipe.

This update was a HUGE improvement over the last dash.

For starters you can now actually do other stuff, including playing a game, while you have that download going. That alone is a huge improvement, but that is only one of over a hundred improvements they made. Granted a bunch of them are tiny, but there were many great things improved, and the update is far from ---smurf-poop---.

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/press/2006/0605-springrelease-features.htm

[DYNAGOD]

I will say that i am happy for total USB keyboard support..
impossible for me to play FPS with a controller.