Like many people I had a launch 360 quit on me last year and I waited for this to replace it, and I'm glad I did. Now I'm no MS fan, I absolutely hate windows to death and never use it unless I have no other option, I use OSX or Centos or Ubuntu for everything but games that are exclusive to windows. But I really do love my new 360
pros -
*After a game is installed it makes little to no noise, "whisper quiet" is an understatement. I can't speak for how noisy it is if a game is not installed, I haven't tried it. It runs so quiet I thought the fan might not be working properly but I've played it for several hours without a brake with no problems.
*Does not produce a lot of heat. My IMac makes my room feel like a sauna but the 360 feels like it's running at room temperature everywhere on it but the air vent on the side, and even there it feels only a little warm.
*Sexy, the glossy black looks pretty sweet.
*Touch buttons are actually pretty nice and work very well.
*Large HDD, I like being able to install every game I own without having to manage the memory.
*Smaller form factor and feels a lot more sturdy than my old Pro model.
*Wireless N. I will never game wirelessly on any system or computer, it's just too unreliable, but for streaming movies this will come in handy as I can bring it into the living room and my family can enjoy some netflix HD movies with no wired internet connection. If given the choice though, I'd rather have $50 off the price and no wireless, oh well though, hopefully I can get my monies worth with movie streaming.
Cons -
*Hard drive is not easily accessible. Not like it's a big deal but it's located at the bottom of the machine and requires that you tip it over to access. This really isn't a big deal though, and will probably only be an issue for just a couple of people maybe once during their time with the machine. Hard drives are also still not standardized, it would be nice if I could just pop in a regular hard drive like you can with the PS3.
*The machine is noticeably smaller in person, but I still feel like it could be smaller, again not a big deal but I feel it could have been made more "slim."
*Everything software wise still sucks, accounts were and are a terrible idea, I'd like to have unlockables, achievements and saves transcend accounts. It would have been nice if they could have done a software update to go along with the new console.
*No transfer cable. Why you can't just connect two machines with an ethernet cable and transfer stuff is beyond me.
*Still can't move it while it's spinning a disk, I realize you can't just throw it around and shake it, but it would be nice if we could gently move it from vertical to horizontal without it scratching disks.
*Downloadable full games are soooo expensive. Often times they are more expensive than buying a physical copy of the game, and at best they are the same price. It doesn't make sense.
OVERALL
The pros make it infinitely better than my original console, and the cons are so minor, they are for the most part a non-issue. I still hate MS software but with this hardware update it seems to be a home run.
The thing I wish most though is that we could instal a full OS on there, even if it were Windows 7. It would be freaking sweet to use it to play PC games as well.Get more detail about Xbox 360 250GB Elite Console.
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