Opinions on 360 slim?

[Forlorn Drifter]

I've wanted to switch also, but I question some things. I've read there are no controller ports on the front. I still want to use my Afterglow. And then there's the licsense transfer, which I've heard nothing but complaints about.

[Neomagicwarrior]

I grabbed a slim as my first 'BOX and love it.

+: super easy to install the old hard drives (no, it should not void your warranty on the xbox, since no modifications are being done to it....ps: holding the drive in place with electrical tape = the way to go)
+: 5 usb ports


-: kinda noisy
-: touch sensitive disk tray/ power....every time you dust, its gonna go berzerk

i happen to like mine a lot

[ac_90]

i wouldn't bother transferring hard drives; i'm sure there's a way to recover your account & re-gain all your dlc or live arcade games. you'd basically be sacrificing your warranty to keep your save files.

either way i'd definitely recommend the slim; it's definitely quieter & more reliable. i'm sure there's a basic 'arcade'-esque bundle of the slim you can get for cheaper than the 250gb model as well. i was in your situation; i had the old model that kept crapping out on me; i just eventually sold it & bought the slim & i haven't regretted it. as long as you play the console regularly i'd consider it worth the investment just so you wouldn't have to deal with all that shit anymore.

[ac_90]

I've wanted to switch also, but I question some things. I've read there are no controller ports on the front. I still want to use my Afterglow. And then there's the licsense transfer, which I've heard nothing but complaints about.

there's 2 usb ports on the front i just looked at mine

[ac_90]

also to answer your other question the wireless internet connectivity is definitely a lot better on the slim since it's just built into the hardware; you don't have to run a cable through your whole house or drop more money for an external wireless adapter.

i'm not even sure you can still buy the old 360 model new anymore; so if your plan was to buy a second-hand one to last you until the next xbox i wouldn't do it. there's not really a way to tell if someone's selling you one that doesn't already have something wrong with it so you wouldn't really be in that better of a situation.

[Xeogred]

transfer cable (like $20 or something)

Jesus, is that what they go for nowadays? Pretty ridiculous given how cheap the materials required to make a transfer cable are, and that actually creating the cable can be done in less than 5 minutes.

Luckily just borrowed it from a friend, lol.

I can definitely agree with others above that the wireless is probably better as well. Have never really had any issues online, compared to the old two systems I had that would drop a connection sometimes. Granted my wireless isn't amazing in general, but yeah the slim seems more stable.

[avrame]

Depends on if you get a 250 GB model or a 4 GB model, but you can easily put the old hdd in the 4GB model (did taht myself, bought an enclosure on Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Hard-Disk-Drive-C ... 779&sr=8-1 just pop the old hdd in there, and you have a nice legit looking one.

The redesign is very nice, have not had any issues with it, and I believe it is much more worthwhile than a older arcade unit + a warranty.

[Yancakes]

Here's the thing: I have no access to my XBL account- it runs on my HD but I can't actually log in anywhere because I don't have the password, nor does the email address that I set up the password on exist anymore. I've called Microsoft and they said, in more words, that I'm basically boned on that front.

As such I have no desire to buy games on XBL, I ONLY use the HD at this point for saving in the games I own physical copies of (or, occasionally, playing the games I've previously downloaded, most of which are fighting games anyways). My old HD is a 20gb, I have absolutely zero desire to own a 260gb or whatever size it goes up to.

I wont' be buying it right away regardless as I'm pretty broke right now (I was on vacation all of February), but in a couple of weeks when I do buy it I'll probably just go to a local retailer, the 4gb models sell for 199.99 Canadian.

Thanks for everyone's input! I will definitely be getting a slim, soon. The fact that they haven't been having red ring problems is great, I don't want a system that I won't be able to keep for basically ever lol.