Recent content by TheBends

I decided to keep the Elite I purchased. Went back to the store today and did the return and rebuy. Also picked up Gears and Rainbow Six Vegas. Who knows when I will be able to open the thing up since I have a newborn that's been taking up a lot of my time for some reason. :)

Get a chance to look at the XBOX boxes to see if they were new skus?

But with a 6-12-07 MFR date can I be assume that there will be the new Heat Sink on there? I think I am just going to return the unit and wait until the new chip sets are released. I'd rather pay the extra money for a better machine. Seeing that freaking unit in the store display is VERY...

I picked up an Elite last night at the Canton store on Ford Rd. At that time they had 2 Elites and 2 Premiums. The Premimums had MFR dates of 2006 so I passed. The Elite I got has a MFR date of 6-12-2007. I tried searching the web to see if this is a good build date but had a hard time...

Just to clarify.....Do the Elites have the new heatsink?

Interesting idea. For those of you familiar with the Detroit subburbs...I just went to the new Super Walmart and new Target that opened in Livonia. The stores literally just opened a couple days ago. They did not have any of the newer systems. Target had a couple Elites. Walmart had a...

Oh boy...this is not good....not good at all.

Can you please elaborate a little more on this last statement?

Damn! So unless my math sucks, after taxes you could get a Premium for $267.12!?!? That's killer! Too bad they weren't the new models.... :-|

Crap. I have been wanting to pull the trigger and get an Elite for some time now. I don't know if I should jump on this or wait until later in the year when the newer architecture hits the shelves.......what to do....what to do.... :-k mvp828: What area have you been checking in Michigan. I...