360 Slim!
by j_meyer_13
So, this is maybe just a little bit late, but I totally have a 360 Slim. Bought it a couple weeks after they first came out, once the Gamestop near me finally got a second shipment it. I somehow managed to get in on the awesome trade-in deal they had going at the time, but not quite as I had planned. I wanted to trade in my old 360, while it was still going... unfortunately, the dude behind the...
So, this is maybe just a little bit late, but I totally have a 360 Slim. Bought it a couple weeks after they first came out, once the Gamestop near me finally got a second shipment it. I somehow managed to get in on the awesome trade-in deal they had going at the time, but not quite as I had planned. I wanted to trade in my old 360, while it was still going... unfortunately, the dude behind the counter was smart enough to pull the faceplate off and see that it doesn't have the warranty sticker anymore. Nothing I can really be angry about, dude's just doing his job, and it's a completely reasonable policy... sucks to lose out on that $100 value though. So the old 360 is back home now - I tried selling it to some friends for super cheap (like $20), but nobody wanted it, so I left it at home. I did get to trade in some stuff for it, though - the HDD that came with my old 360 (a 20GB, thing was old as hell), my roommate's memory unit and an extra power brick he had, and a couple wireless controllers I didn't really need anymore. All told, got just over $100 off the 360 Slim, which I'm happy with.
Verdict on the Slim: It's awesome! Does everything the old 360 did (obvz), it's waaayyyy quieter than my old 360 (it really did sound like a jet engine winding up for takeoff), it has an HDMI port (my old one didn't), etc...
P.S.: I had mentioned that the store I work at had a Special Edition of GTA:IV left over... yep, definitely bought that. Maybe not the greatest idea, but whatever. I really like that safety deposit box. :)