Screaming Penguin - Source Does Matter

Interesting bit from Tycho at P-A today:

I've had a chance to play a ton of 360 stuff on a "press" box, no steel case unfortunately, but the rest of it is the same. I'll go into what I've seen either today or Monday, before the official launch in any case - but I do have one tip that will help you get set up with a minimum of fuss if you're already a Live subscriber and you're just upgrading your box.

The procedure for moving your existing Live account over to the 360 is more onerous if you have not "linked" your Gamertag to a Passport. Yes, Microsoft Passport. This is one of the ways in which they "get you." It does enable some interesting online functionality, but the main reason I'd suggest it is that you'll just enter your passport account/password and be done with it. The launch definitely has some high notes in it, but the sports/ports ratios do leave me a little cold.