And if you read http://stuffo.howstuffworks.com/gamecube.htm , you will see that a GC is designed like an Amiga. A true gaming machine unlike those PC's (PS2/XBOX) posing as game machines.
Hold on, I need to vomit...
.. right. PS2 is like a PC? I write software on the PS2 for a living and nothing is further from the truth. More research, less zeal, buddy.
Jarrod