General Update.

Yeah... Xbox 360 number three is dead. I bought my first Xbox 360 at launch. The more expensive and complete pro edition. That lasted roughly thirteen months. The original Xbox 360s shipped with the Xenon CPU. My original experience was annoying, but easy enough. Microsoft replaced the system entirely free of charge. My replacement Xbox 360 was also a Xenon. Well, you know how that went. My replacement Xbox 360 lasted roughly five months. And this time the experience was doubly annoying for the hassle itself and the fact that Microsoft wanted $120 to fix it which I paid. While my console was off being repaired E3 2007 happened and they announced the extended three year warranty and my repair cost were refunded. So that eased things a bit. Plus the repair units were coming back with Zephyr CPUs, the new and improved chipset of the elite units. As well as a new heat sink. My third Xbox 360 lasted twenty-two months. I called up Microsoft today to get started on the process of repairing number three and was told that my system was out of warranty because the warranty applies to the original model forward. I decided against paying for repairs this time. I went out and purchased the arcade model with the Jasper chipset that supposedly solves every last issue with the system. Your system can still take a dive, but now your odds are well within the normal range. Xenon to Zephyr to Falcon to Jasper. Hopefully they've finally gotten it right. I'm willing to bet after this Microsoft delivers the most stable of the three next generation. I'm sick of it, and they sure as hell have to be at this point.