Turn an (old) Xbox into An Home Media Center

I know this is old news, but it is enough to make me want to go buy an original X-box!

clipped from lifehacker.com Transform Your Classic Xbox into a Killer Media Center today a software exploit lets you replace Microsoft's crippled dashboard and run the incredible, open source Xbox Media Center (XBMC) software. You don't have to be a hardcore gamer or Unix hacker to get your XBMC on. Why do you want an Xbox Media Center? it's got a sizable hard drive, fast processor, and most importantly, an ethernet port that can do a hell of a lot more than connect you to Xbox Live. Your modded Xbox running XBMC will be networked with the rest of the computers in your house and let you: Play videos, music and photo slideshows located on any shared drive in the house displayed on the television in your living room Watch Apple movie trailers, YouTube videos, Launch.com videos and see RSS newsfeeds dynamically loaded from the internets Transfer files to and from your Xbox's hard drive Rip DVDs to a shared network drive to play later or backup Watch DVDs sans "dongle" (no more DVD Playback Kit required!)