Xbox 360 Pro or Arcade?

[Fluffy_the_ic]

Yesterday, I had a major happy because I found out that I was less that $40 short of buying a 360. Then I realized that it was only the 360 arcade. I want to hook my 360 up to the interwebz and I want a good-sized hard drive, (the arcade only has 256 mb) but I'm in a bit of a money crunch right now. My parents are forcing me to do volunteer work instead of do any sort of job where I can get paid this summer. So I want to know- Should I wait and buy the Pro or just go with the Arcade?

[SilvaDalek]

Whatever you do, don't get arcade.

It has a problem with xbox live because of hard drive space. I would save up and get the core if you can find one.

[Teancum]

Yep, don't get the Arcade version if you ever plan to buy any DLC at all. Arcade is only good for people who will never, ever use Xbox Live.

[MasterSaitek009]

Take this with a grain of salt but: PS3, 360 price drops coming this fall
Possibility of the Elite coming down to the Pro price point in July-August. If you want to get the 360 now, just ignore this.
But if you just want it this year... I'd play PC games for a while and wait.

Just thought I'd lay that out there.

[Fluffy_the_ic]

@Saitek- Good info, although I want to get it before September so that it won't screw up my school year. I've always found September to be THE WORST time to release games and the like. I guess I can understand M Games, but T and E? Makes no sense to me. My parents offered to loan me some money to buy a 360, and if I don't pay most of it back by late December, they're jsut gonna get me less birthday presents. So I think I'll just go for the elite. I actually think that the White 360 looks bad. THIS is probably the cause of my fear of any white-colored electronic device. But I might decide to wait until September if need be- do you guys think it's a good idea?

[RogueCruiser]

When you get the 360 I recommend getting a fan or something to cool it because there have been many problems with overheating if left on for a long time.

And I doubt you don't know this but never set on carpet without something underneath.

[Fluffy_the_ic]

Yeah, now my dad is paying me 20 bucks everytime I mow my lawn, which includes the front and back yards, leaf-blowing the driveway and patio, trimming any missed spots, edging it, and so on. We also have a pretty big yard and get quite a bit of rain. So I think that if I can afford it soon, I'll probably buy an elite. If it gets drier though I'll just buy a Pro and see where I can get some covers for the 360. This can be locked now.