I thought there was nothing wrong with the latest version of the old Xbox 360 design (jasper chip). I guess people wanted to visually see that the new Xbox 360 would not get the infamous red ring of death problem. Or Microsoft wants more money. Either way the new Slim is a must. There's no rip off here. Plus the Slim is sexy!
-I guess having an interal HDD isn't bad considering that people would want to travel with this Slim. You can also upgrade this HDD, but the reality of it is you don't need to. I installed 10 games to my own 250GB HDD and didn't fill half the space yet. Each game is approx. 5-10GB in size. I suggest you install all your games. You get faster load times and even if the disk gets scratched and the game is installed, it will still be playable.
-A quiet fan means no more worrying about playing an epic game without having the fans to bother you! It may also mean you don't have to buy the wacky intercoolers that 3rd party companies will devolop in time.
-Built in Wi-Fi is the big one here, and of course it's built in with wireless N! There will also be an ethernet port on the Slim, but I find that Wireless N is faster than wired connection for some routers. Ironically, you can buy a wireless-N router that's 100 bucks on Amazon. Netgear WNHDEB111-100NAS Wireless N Access Point. I got suckered into buying an N wireless adapter for the old Xbox 360 that is 80-100 bucks that would connect via USB.
And then of course you get the Wireless Controller and a headset for online gaming. I saw the reviews on the headset if you were to buy it separately and saw the reviews had awful ratings. I find that the headset can be snapped in half easily and even worse is the microphone being too sensitive. I would suggest you buy these headsets instead and save the ones included for, let's say, a friend's headset breaks. Xbox 360 Over Ear Headset They are quality brand & product. I own it. Great packaging.
And the last thing is that this comes with regular composite cables. Don't be a wimp! Since you're already saving tons of money buying the Slim, you should buy an HDMI cable. If you have an HDTV without HDMI, then you're forced to use the official Xbox 360 Component cables. Here's is an HDMI cable that is under 10 dollars with more than 2,500 reviews; 4.5 stars. HDMI TO HDMI 6 foot cable In Best Buy, you'll be buying a 4 foot HDMI for 50 bucks! And both of the cables work the same way!
The one thing I found rather weird looking at multiple pictures of the Slim was the ventilation fans on the side of the 360. So now air is coming out of the sides instead of the back of the console now...? Please comment on this topic.
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1) As it seems it's not called the Xbox 360 Slim. Wikipedia simply calls it as "S".
2) Cool, now there's touch sensitive buttons for ejecting the disk tray and such. Ironic how Sony throws that idea off with their Slim version whereas Microsoft wants touch sensitive now.
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