I’m going to wait until a while after the new one. That way I’ll be able to find out if I should buy a warranty with it.
[quote]Ren wrote:
PS3 vs Wii, comic style:
VG Cats! Comics [/quote]
but the guy who bought the PS3 selling it on ebay is bringing in more cash than the guy selling the retail WII’s! 
[quote]biglift88 wrote:
If you guys were going to get a 360, would you get it for x-mas or wait until the ‘newer’ one comes out during the beginning of next year?[/quote]
I’m holding out for the new ones announced for Q1 2007.
Fan noise is a pet peeve of mine (I’ve replaced the fans in both my 1st gen Xboxes because they drove me nuts); so I’m hoping that with a smaller die, they’ll dissipate less heat and necessitate less active cooling. I’m also hoping they’ll have the reliability problems licked by then.
A company that positions a product as part of a “home entertainment center” should take steps to make sure that the product is silent. If you’ve got a high quality sound system, the last thing you want is to hear the “hum” of a fan while you’re watching the quiet part of a movie.
Of course, if a sweet-ass deal is suddenly offered out of the blue, I might snatch one up and learn to live with the warts.
[quote]pookie wrote:
biglift88 wrote:
If you guys were going to get a 360, would you get it for x-mas or wait until the ‘newer’ one comes out during the beginning of next year?
I’m holding out for the new ones announced for Q1 2007.
Fan noise is a pet peeve of mine (I’ve replaced the fans in both my 1st gen Xboxes because they drove me nuts); so I’m hoping that with a smaller die, they’ll dissipate less heat and necessitate less active cooling. I’m also hoping they’ll have the reliability problems licked by then.
A company that positions a product as part of a “home entertainment center” should take steps to make sure that the product is silent. If you’ve got a high quality sound system, the last thing you want is to hear the “hum” of a fan while you’re watching the quiet part of a movie.
Of course, if a sweet-ass deal is suddenly offered out of the blue, I might snatch one up and learn to live with the warts.
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Its not that loud. It helps me blow the leaves in the fall though!
[quote]PGA wrote:
Its not that loud. It helps me blow the leaves in the fall though![/quote]
Well I’m pretty anal about it. I don’t mind it too much if I’m playing a game, but when I’m watching movies or listening to music, even a very slight fan noise grates on my nerves.
It’s really doesn’t seem that loud, but then again I have mine up high on a shelf with the wireless controllers you can place the system almost anywhere you want safely.
Getting a warranty is a must also, mine covers any sort of defects because as these things become more like actual personal computers…
[quote]pookie wrote:
Well I’m pretty anal about it. I don’t mind it too much if I’m playing a game, but when I’m watching movies or listening to music, even a very slight fan noise grates on my nerves.
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I’ve heard that it only gets really loud when playing a video game but is fairly quiet when playing a dvd or music. True??
I get the best of both options. My wife runs the electronics dept. at a dept. store so I bought a 360 with a 15% employee discount and when the new one comes out I will be able to exchange it.
And if the revise it again later in the year or the next, I can exchange it again.
I ordered a XBox360 yesterday, and got it with Madden 07’ for 400 bucks no taxes/shipping. Fan noise? I can live with that. If it breaks, that’s what the warranty will be for.
It’s going to be a nice XMas present for my brother and I. Can’t wait for Gears of War to come in.
[quote]biglift88 wrote:
pookie wrote:
Well I’m pretty anal about it. I don’t mind it too much if I’m playing a game, but when I’m watching movies or listening to music, even a very slight fan noise grates on my nerves.
I’ve heard that it only gets really loud when playing a video game but is fairly quiet when playing a dvd or music. True??
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100% accurate. It’s totally silent when playing a DVD and on most games it’s quiet. Games like Oblivion though, forget about it… It’s like an Apache helicopter.