Let’s face it, the original Xbox is ugly. It might have looked cool ... was designed in autocad and laser cut from acrylic. The DVD drive was and the HDD swapped for an 80gig laptop drive ...

The original Xbox was a learning experience in many ways ... Instead, focusing on breaking the DVD drive's security could ...

That doesn't mean there's no value in an external hard drive or SSD; instead, you'll want to use your chosen external device for Xbox One, Xbox 360, and Original Xbox games via backward compatibility.