Missing xbox 360 slim hard drive turns out to be a design flaw: Hard disk wobble

The launch XBOX 360 Slim has a self assembly DIY vibe ...


So I found my missing 250gb HD , floating unconnected in the console , and this is a major design flaw , as the drive slots vertically , gravity ,and generally moving the console easily dislodged it , in transit , reinserting it does not inspire confidence , this kind of slot in drive enclosure is well known to be unreliable , cf a pc Mac or even the ps3 or old 360 where the drives are held in place with screws ,and enclosures within enclosures. Where you used to worry about moving the console with DVDs in the drive , you will also have to worry about dislodging the hard disk , and as there is no screw holding it in place , even placing it horizontal is not going to help , with something as crucial as the hard disk you need to have a locked enclosure with a screw to keep it in place . Just imagine in a few months time when the family is jumping up and down to kinectimals singalong safari slaughter and the xbox slim screams to a halt as the slot in hard disk dislodges and ejects itself , the price of elites is set to rise Well at least the console looks the part ,.... In the mock up videos

XBOX 360 SLIM RUNS NOISER AND SIGNIFICANTLY HOTTER THAN XBOX 360 ELITE

And that's just during game installation.Having just reattached the floating hard disk , discovered its design flaw of ejecting itself when the mood takes it, i decided to install Too Human , a process which is taking around 15 minutes .All of those  minutes the side fan is blowing louder than my elite and ps3 put together, worse still the hot air could cause serious harm to plants , pets  and toast marshmallows  quite nicely.


seriously the xbox 360 slim is louder , hotter , and slower during installation than my old elite


MOST IMPORTANTLY PLACE NOTHING TO THE SIDE OF THE SIDE EXTRACTOR FAN
NOTHING YOU ARE FOND OF THAT IS!


DO NOT PLACE THIS MACHINE IN AN ENCLOSED CABINET , UNLESS IT HAS THE WORD AUTOCLAVE ENGRAVED ON IT ....


People if you have an older model of the 360  and hate the noise that makes then the slim will break your heart and singe anything to the right of the side air vent which is another design flaw.So far my opinion and that of non gamer observers seem to be that the xbox 360 slim is closer to a kirf version of the xbox360 elite , a cheaper tackier more kitsch version , which incidentally is cheaper to manufacture.Wow all this excitement and i haven't even manged to test a game yet.


more real world tests to follow.


but JUST TO BE CLEAR THIS THING IS NOT WHISPER QUIET unless your idea of whispering is a jet engine blowing for 15 minutes.


The good ole 360 did a very good jet engine impression , the slim goes one better reproducing the heat as well as the noise and thats just during game installation.


More real world tests to follow , i have to ask Microsoft is the slim  a joke on ageing gamers ,what did we do to desrve this?

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Gentle folk and Chocobos you have a short time , till 4pm PDT , to download Final Fantasy XI the Ultimate collection from Steam at 50% off ,certainly worth a dabble whilst waiting for XIV 

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XBOX 360 SLIM UK PAL VERSION IN THE FLESH

and this is what the UK Xbox 360 Slim box actually looks like ...vs elite to follow when i unpack the thing .....

SIDE

BACK 

TAKE ME TO THE OTHER SIDE :

THE SOON TO BE SOLD OUT TOTALLY NICER AND QUIETER XBOX 360 SLIM
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN READY YOUR DATA TRANSFER CABLES AND USB STICKS 

  

Free downloads freeing or enslaving the games addict ?

The summer of Steam downloads continues , and it seems Gabe and the gang at Valve have taken a little notice that Apple and Steve , when not handing out post antennagate iphonedoms  and trashing rivals , rule when it comes to  hooking users to their platform with free downloads , so from Steam  we have Alien Swarm free for every one .

This is the second pretty awesome free download in the last couple of months if you count Moon Base Alpha , each one of these brings a wave of new Steam users to the platform.


What Steam and Valve have in their court is a potential user base that is 10s of millions larger than Apples iTunes , and they cater for significantly more powerful hardware .


Would you rather pay  $5 for a full blown pc game , or $5 for an app , well the answer is you don`t have to . These days its likely you will get both a game from Steam and iTunes for free or , or for less .
Now this is synergy , and market forces at play , the free games and apps bring more users to iTunes and Steam , both encourage people to download legally , millions sign on and the costs to consumers decreases .


Initially


For now that is all of these free downloads are hooks , years from now we will be paying Steam and iTunes to store our beloved games and music collections on their clouds . So enjoy the free stuff ride whilst its here , in the long run we will be paying them back for cloud  server storage maintenance and backup .


but wait there is another hope...................but I haven't finished the script for that one yet ..

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STARCRAFT 2 GITIN ZERGY WIT IT TOPS PC CHARTS

The fever for Starcraft 2s long awaited arrival grows , with worldwide midnight launches and game designers dispatched to various Capital cities to sign copies 


And this weekend STARCRAFT 2 TOPS AMAZONS PC BESTSELLER LIST 


unboxing videos have reached the net

Beta users have modded the hell out of the game already 

There is the obligatory Starcraft 2  iphone ipad app , but don't get too excited though it is free!


And many have received the physical  game  early , including my self  but doh Battlenet does not go up till tomorrow night so patience dear friends , think of our South Korean compadres , and the torture they must be enduring.


Being ancient in the ways of pc games launches I wait with trepidation , is the game and netside code up to the task of taking over almost every gaming pc AND Apple Macintel on the planet ? Including the entire gaming nations such as South Korea ?


If anything Starcraft 2 should feed a wave of PC?MAC hardware purchases and upgrades 


Lets hope so , hail ActiBlizzard!


And please games addicts take a brake once in a while from the game  and refrain from restrictive diets whilst playing the game . No more Noodalities please!


Will the collectors edition sell out  in the current climate based on other Blizzard collectors versions I would have to say no . And a significant number of fans are likely to opt for the digital version from the Blizzard store , I mean look at the size of that thing : I bet the shields are  still  fully operational !

Boom Boom Boom Boom !

Will the internet crash , will government introduce a Blizzard tax , to compensate for all the millions of lost hours to their excellent games ?  Will we have world peace now that so many people from so many nations  are playing games together ?Are games and internet  THE opium of the Planet .....? 

Quite possibly  ..Quite possibly .....

time to get our  Zerg on people get our  Zerg on!

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