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Old 04 February 2008, 01:13 PM
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As the title suggests - Gooner has now successfully got his playstation up and running the car - so obviously, now he wants to change it to an X-box
Looked on the net and found that there are different types - elite and platinum
Not sure which would suit better and what the difference is! Knowing that you lot seem pretty "up" on your toys - thought one of you could point me in the right direction!
Old 04 February 2008, 01:28 PM
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basically you need to make sure the one you get has a hard drive The Elite definately has one and the one that doesn't is the XBOX Arcade console.

Heres a link that shows all the spec:

Xbox 360 Console at GAME.co.uk
Old 04 February 2008, 03:16 PM
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get the elite, it has a 120gb HDD, you could save your music to this and play it from here rather then ipod or cd's.
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fozzie will be along in a minute to sing you his "red-ring-of-death" song..!!!!

hahhhahah

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What are you like Gooner.....Where will it all stop???

The elite is definately the one you should go for.
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Are you planning on fitting the xbox 360 in the car??? if so i would not advice it because they are well known for damaging disks when the console is moved whilst it is switched on, or the laser head that reads the disk comes out of place!!
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Originally Posted by L.J.F
Are you planning on fitting the xbox 360 in the car??? if so i would not advice it because they are well known for damaging disks when the console is moved whilst it is switched on, or the laser head that reads the disk comes out of place!!
i'd take LJF's advice here.....

the bloke is never off the xbox so must know his stuff..

have to say, my disks get a bit scratched just with normal use!!!
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Originally Posted by WRX_Dazza
fozzie will be along in a minute to sing you his "red-ring-of-death" song..!!!!

hahhhahah

If I must!

Get him used to seeing this:

Old 04 February 2008, 04:43 PM
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Originally Posted by SirFozzalot
If I must!

Get him used to seeing this:


LOL

Must get online with my PS3
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Defo go for the xbox 360 elite . Ive had to normal xbox's and they both went wrong, Then i got the elite cause i was told when they made the elite they used a better lazer which cause's half the problems plus you get loads more memory.
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OK - thanks for all the advice - Because Gooner isn't really interested in downloading music and stuff like that - would he still benefit from the Xbox elite? He uses it at work and therefore would be stationary as opposed to it being played whilst in motion!
Also, because he would be at work he wouldn't be able to get online with it (am I right in saying that he would need some kind of phone port? )
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I bought the elite...

Nuff said
Old 04 February 2008, 06:00 PM
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Originally Posted by frayz
I bought the elite...

Nuff said
oooooh....that must be the one to have then!

I bought a PS3......nuff said!
Old 04 February 2008, 06:18 PM
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Old 04 February 2008, 10:01 PM
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Originally Posted by phil_stephens
LOL

Must get online with my PS3

Fozzies got someone to play with !!
Old 04 February 2008, 10:03 PM
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Is wanting to put the xbox360 in the car

That's mental, the thing is the size of a house and sounds like a hovercraft when it's running
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Originally Posted by tiny01
Fozzies got someone to play with !!
Already got a few of my mates online with PS3's

Also, according to Sony, there are 5.5million registered users on the Playstation network.....I'm sure that's enough to get a game of CoD4

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Originally Posted by Milamber
Is wanting to put the xbox360 in the car

That's mental, the thing is the size of a house and sounds like a hovercraft when it's running

& Where is he going to put the cooling fan ??
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Microsoft engineers installing the latest Xbox 360 add-on in the fight to combat the RROD:



Old 04 February 2008, 10:16 PM
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It would probably be quieter
Old 04 February 2008, 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by WRX_Dazza
i'd take LJF's advice here.....

the bloke is never off the xbox so must know his stuff..

have to say, my disks get a bit scratched just with normal use!!!



im not on it at the moment!!
Old 05 February 2008, 05:31 AM
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if u dont wanna spend that much on one, cash converters usually has a few in stock for quite cheap too
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