I'm pretty pissed off at Microsoft right now....

[gtxracer]

Well what's the excuse/reason my Elite failed then? I want to know so I can buy a good system. For my money, the PS3 is the machine to get. Microsoft wants to nickel and dime me.

[Finnster]

The 360 failure problems are from a few different factors, but all told they are much higher than they should be for a commercial product. The biggest ones I've heard about are from overheating issues, but both of the CPU and the GPU. There is the 3rd revision to the motherboard that incorporates a new 45nm CPU (aka Falcon) and HS redesign. GPU won't be updated until late 08 last I heard. All the new motherboard have HDMI and can be found in all models (elite/pro/arcade) however they are still working thru inventory, so not all HDMI models are falcons, some are Rev 2 (inc elites.) All Halo editions are supposed to be falcons.

I went thru considerable trouble to find a Falcon arcade edition just before Xmas. Only a visual inspection of the MB is a guarantee (other than the H3 edition.) Hopefully this one will fare better, but I got a warr from BB just incase. Fortunately thru price drops, keeping my old HDD, and buying the arcade, the gift card I recoeved from best buy I got for my original purchase of the Pro I was able to buy the arcade, a new 2yr warr and Lego Star wars. Did find out about the DLC F'up until after. I may not have re-bought it otherwise......


The thing about the elite I don't understand is that all you are really getting for the xtra $$ is a bigger HDD and a black console. The bigger HDD is only good for buying DLC (as I doubt you will fill a 20GB HDD w/ saved games.) So in effect you are paying a $100 premium for the priviledge of paying MS the ability to DL more Digital Media that you cannot transfer to any other device because of all the DRM issues, nor sell to anyone after you've watched Transformers 10 times and never want to see it again.

[squeeforever]

Originally Posted by gtxracer

Well what's the excuse/reason my Elite failed then? I want to know so I can buy a good system. For my money, the PS3 is the machine to get. Microsoft wants to nickel and dime me.

I think yours is just a fluke to be honest...