| slowmo said: I'll call you out, you're absolutely clueless on the RROD issue. Low yields doesn't mean unreliable chips, it just means less per wafer which means the price is higher per chip. It affects cost and nothing else. The main thing you misunderstood is low yields had no effect on the 360 reliability, it was due to a lack of understanding during the design phase of the effect of switching manufacturing to lead free solder. The reduction in manufacturing quality combined with a motherboard that was too thin and a poor cooling design resulted in the reliability issues. This was partly due to inexperience of building a completely custom board with custom cpu and gpu rather than tried and tested components like the original Xbo. Contrary to your beliefs, the slim 360 proved they have learnt their lessons as it was instantly reliable despite being a complete redesign. Feel free to claim I don't know what I'm talking about but you may want to keep in mind I've fixed over a thousand 360's (plenty of Wii, PS3's, Psp' s, DS's too) of all age, models and faults so my knowledge isn't that of some internet warrior. |
I'll take your word for it.
I still disagree with the bolded part though. I'm sure the Slim 360 wasn't rushed to market so they took all the time they had to. During a console launch they don't have that luxury especially if they plan on beating Sony to market. This is where mistakes can be made. I read a 5page long article about RROD today, took me about an hour to read.
