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<blockquote data-quote="Janx" data-source="post: 5959665" data-attributes="member: 8835"><p>Glad to help. I have both PS3 and Xbox 360, and am very technical. So I pay attention to the details of those platforms. What i find is that newcomers tend to get the "wrong" product and then fumble around to get what they really need.</p><p></p><p>With the Arcade units, the pattern tended to be parents would buy the "cheaper" xbox, the actual user of the device has to go get a hard drive at a higher price than if they'd bought the next level up model and MS pockets the difference.</p><p></p><p>For a free 360, that's less of an issue. At $99, the hard drive upgrade is not that big a cost impact. A hard drive will let you download more game add-ons, download full games (normally CD based and more arcade games (lighter weight than a full game). My 20GB drive with my original 360 had enough space for me until I started downloading RockBand songs. That filled it up. The hard drive will also run faster than USB drives.</p><p></p><p>For Netflix/video watching, I would recommend putting the X-Box on the nicest TV in the house. The 360 has better video hardware than the Wii. The Wii can only do standard-def (which is why it was MUCH cheaper than the 360 at launch).</p><p></p><p>As for gaming with the 360 vs. PC, that can be a mixed bag. obviously, you CAN play games with an Xbox. And the interfaces for them are usually quite nice. There's some FPS snobs who claim a PC with mouse and keyboard are better, but I think the millions of Halo and Call of Duty fans would disprove that.</p><p></p><p>Where the console shines is that there is virtually no problem with playing any game on it. Conversely, PC games seem to require frequent upgrades and an advanced certification in tech support in order to resolve driver and configuration issues.</p><p></p><p>My wife got into DragonAge on the console, and switched to PC because she could run custom mods from other players. Generally, you can't do that with a console (Unreal 3 does have a mod feature on PS3). She also likes the controls better as you can pause to change commands to characters more readily on the PC version.</p><p></p><p>However, I have had to massage registry keys, install and enable Services for three different users for the same game because the installer failed to setup correctly. I'm appalled that PC gaming hasn't advanced in user setup experience since I switched to consoles in 1998.</p><p></p><p>I hope you get some use out of your X-Box. X-Boxes get more use doing non-gaming than gaming these days. It's a fairly handy device.</p><p></p><p>A few more things to mention:</p><p>It uses the same sign-in technology as hotmail, MSN and other MS products. Things work smoother if you use the SAME email address as your hotmail to login (which also, Facebook also uses the same technology, so if you used a hotmail address for facebook, it will recognize you when you switch between sites on a PC as well). The upshot of this is that you can IM, video or voice chat other MSN Messenger users. This means your x-box can talk to PC users.</p><p></p><p>Translate that to Christmas time. If you have a Kinect, it has a wider angle lens. Your family can sit on the couch and be seen by folks on the other end. This makes if VERY nice for doing family video visits, such as at the holidays. it beats everybody trying to crowd in around the laptop's webcam to say high to Gramma on Skype.*</p><p></p><p>*MS bought Skype, so expect that to get integrated into Xbox Live as well and be able to talk to ANYBODY with Skype, that means any device that can run Skype like Android and iPhone.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Janx, post: 5959665, member: 8835"] Glad to help. I have both PS3 and Xbox 360, and am very technical. So I pay attention to the details of those platforms. What i find is that newcomers tend to get the "wrong" product and then fumble around to get what they really need. With the Arcade units, the pattern tended to be parents would buy the "cheaper" xbox, the actual user of the device has to go get a hard drive at a higher price than if they'd bought the next level up model and MS pockets the difference. For a free 360, that's less of an issue. At $99, the hard drive upgrade is not that big a cost impact. A hard drive will let you download more game add-ons, download full games (normally CD based and more arcade games (lighter weight than a full game). My 20GB drive with my original 360 had enough space for me until I started downloading RockBand songs. That filled it up. The hard drive will also run faster than USB drives. For Netflix/video watching, I would recommend putting the X-Box on the nicest TV in the house. The 360 has better video hardware than the Wii. The Wii can only do standard-def (which is why it was MUCH cheaper than the 360 at launch). As for gaming with the 360 vs. PC, that can be a mixed bag. obviously, you CAN play games with an Xbox. And the interfaces for them are usually quite nice. There's some FPS snobs who claim a PC with mouse and keyboard are better, but I think the millions of Halo and Call of Duty fans would disprove that. Where the console shines is that there is virtually no problem with playing any game on it. Conversely, PC games seem to require frequent upgrades and an advanced certification in tech support in order to resolve driver and configuration issues. My wife got into DragonAge on the console, and switched to PC because she could run custom mods from other players. Generally, you can't do that with a console (Unreal 3 does have a mod feature on PS3). She also likes the controls better as you can pause to change commands to characters more readily on the PC version. However, I have had to massage registry keys, install and enable Services for three different users for the same game because the installer failed to setup correctly. I'm appalled that PC gaming hasn't advanced in user setup experience since I switched to consoles in 1998. I hope you get some use out of your X-Box. X-Boxes get more use doing non-gaming than gaming these days. It's a fairly handy device. A few more things to mention: It uses the same sign-in technology as hotmail, MSN and other MS products. Things work smoother if you use the SAME email address as your hotmail to login (which also, Facebook also uses the same technology, so if you used a hotmail address for facebook, it will recognize you when you switch between sites on a PC as well). The upshot of this is that you can IM, video or voice chat other MSN Messenger users. This means your x-box can talk to PC users. Translate that to Christmas time. If you have a Kinect, it has a wider angle lens. Your family can sit on the couch and be seen by folks on the other end. This makes if VERY nice for doing family video visits, such as at the holidays. it beats everybody trying to crowd in around the laptop's webcam to say high to Gramma on Skype.* *MS bought Skype, so expect that to get integrated into Xbox Live as well and be able to talk to ANYBODY with Skype, that means any device that can run Skype like Android and iPhone. [/QUOTE]
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