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Early in the cycle of production developer hardware, Microsoft would loan a specific unit to game journalists. These units would be used by the journalists to review a game months or weeks before the game reaches its retail product milestone. They came in the same charcoal gray case as Development Kits but lacked a [[Sidecar|Sidecar]], having a standard 20GB HDD in its place. These units also had a small square sticker around the rear I/O that reads "Reviewer Kit". Although being production [[Xenon (Motherboard)|Xenon]] motherboards, they could also be sometimes seen with a secondary serial barcode sticker that would commonly be found on [[Beta Hardware|Beta]] Hardware. These units were quickly phased out because of [[Demo Kit|Demo Kits]].
Early in production developer hardware, Microsoft would loan a specific unit to game journalists. These units would be used by the journalists to review a game months or weeks before the game reaches its retail product milestone. They came in the same charcoal gray case as Development Kits but lacked a [[Sidecar|Sidecar]], having a standard 20GB HDD in its place. These units also had a small square sticker around the rear I/O that reads "Reviewer Kit". Although being only production [[Xenon (Motherboard)|Xenon]] motherboards, they could also be sometimes seen with a secondary serial barcode sticker that would commonly be found on [[Beta Hardware|Beta]] Hardware. These units were quickly phased out because of [[Demo Kit|Demo Kits]].  
===Notes===
*The Manufacturing Label reads "Xbox 360 Console"
*The Manufacturing Label reads "Xbox 360 Console"
* Full Development[[Test/Dev Bootloaders|bootloaders]]
* Full Development[[Test/Dev Bootloaders|bootloaders]]

Revision as of 22:31, 31 December 2022

Early in production developer hardware, Microsoft would loan a specific unit to game journalists. These units would be used by the journalists to review a game months or weeks before the game reaches its retail product milestone. They came in the same charcoal gray case as Development Kits but lacked a Sidecar, having a standard 20GB HDD in its place. These units also had a small square sticker around the rear I/O that reads "Reviewer Kit". Although being only production Xenon motherboards, they could also be sometimes seen with a secondary serial barcode sticker that would commonly be found on Beta Hardware. These units were quickly phased out because of Demo Kits.

Notes

  • The Manufacturing Label reads "Xbox 360 Console"
  • Full Developmentbootloaders
  • Launcher reads "Development Kit"
  • Lacks motherboard headers for SPI (J1D2), and Debug (J2B1) used by the Lamprey Board and [Sidecar|Sidecar]].
    • Lacks 5v Standby header (J9A2) used by Sidecar.
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