After a little worry about reliability, I took the plunge Yesterday 6/18/2010. I had read horror stories about heat and DOA units. I'm proud and happy to say I had niether problem with my Shiney new 360S. From the fine styling, to the 3 extra USB ports and the much needed dedicated Optical out (that's right not funny dongle thingy). This console screams quality. I like the fact that it also has a dedicated Kinect port which means you won't need and extra outlet for Kinect when it comes out, like any older 360.
I tested the 360S all day and most of the evening so I could report with some degree of certainity that it runs as quiet, and smoothly as it does. The reported heat problems/??? I don't know, I think its overblown. It might also be people who don't even have it yet or will never have it. there are a lot of very silly people reporting some untrue things. That's all I will say. Yes it gets warm, but no warmer than any other piece of eletronics used for hours at a time. WARM not HOT big difference. Now I have to say this, I'm not placing it inside any type of cabinet or enclosed space, so maybe that makes a difference, but I think any item you would use in that way would get hotter. Now on to to how amazingly quiet it is, I had to put my ear right next to it to hear anything, even then. I so love that compared to my old refurb launch twice replaced unit. My Wii now makes more noise than either my PS3 Slim or my 360S.
The controller is pretty much the same, but somehow I felt it was slightly more accurate, it might be my imagination. There are few things I don't like, I'm using a USB stick for my gamer tag so I can use it between my two 360's the problem with the back USB ports is they are recessed so a slide out type USB stick won't fit the recess. A minor quibble as you can use the two front ports no problem. The other thing I don't like, the DVD tray beeps when you open and close it. No big deal I just don't like it.
Overall though this is a class a system and it is what it should have been from the beggining. I have not tried Wifi wireless N yet, I find wired connection is better in every case. But I will try and add to this review later on when I do try it. I can say as a gamer for many years, over 30. If your thinking about picking one of these up, do not hesitate. It's the best console for gaming no doubts in my mind. We will see on reliability in few years I guess. It seems pretty solid as of now.Get more detail about Xbox 360 250GB Elite Console.
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