I bet if they went from using aluminum heatsinks to a copper one with closer fins and a heatpipe or two, then some more behind the DVD-ROM drive, it'd be fine.
Copper is much better than aluminum.
Copper is much better than aluminum.
Copper also costs more than aluminum
no, it doesn't
Y'know, I've had my console for over a year, and it's never come close to overheating.
Maybe people could also give their consoles room to breathe and they'd be fine. Is that so hard?
It's nice to know that Microsoft can not only built crappy software but also hardware!
Interesting that M$ sold a load of shares a month before announcing the defect. At least they had the heart to stop producing units while they obviously new about the defect....
...oh no, wait.
Actually, in this case it's probably quite a good thing. If your 360 breaks MS will send you a new unit. If your Wii breaks or even if your DS has a single dead pixel, Nintendo will ship you a new unit.
It's quite comforting to know this and does make me feel safer as a consumer.
I wish Sony would have such a policy. Can we say faulty PS1/2 laser and PSP dead pixels?
Yeah, I'm on my third 360, but it's been good since March 06. I'm actually thinking about selling it in favor of a PS3, just because most titles will be multi-platform and there isn't anything but the DOA series on the 360 that I care about.
I have a PS and a PS2, still working just fine. Though I'll be turning the PS into an ash tray. I know tons of people who still do. Though I know the lasers were a "large" issue, it evidently isn't so large that a lot of people have their original hardware.
Nice FLCL avatar.
Thats a joint right...well it looks like a spilf.
Bless
actually MS sends you a refurb... nothing new about that...
No they don't; not anymore.
They repair your console and ship it back.
They started doing this a few months ago, and I can attest to this fact because they did indeed ship my original system back after the repair.
I'm convinced mine scratches my CDs if I play a game too much. I nearly lost Viva Pinata because it was full of scratches after playing it for ages. Didn't move the console at all either