Be free to do what you want with what you own! It's almost as if Microsoft thinks people will ignore good harware at a low price just because of some silly software. All hail the original X-Box hacker bunnie and his badass book, Hacking the XBox...

check him out in the documentary:
ALTERNATIVE FREEDOM:
a documentary about the invisible war on culture:
features:
Lawrence Lessig
Richard Stallman
DJ Danger Mouse (of the Grey Album and Gnarls Barkley)
doseone
and more...

http://alternativefreedom.org/