Despite the bonehead fanboy's comments above, a core isn't an "old" system. It is a current system without the hard drive. You have no more likelihood of RROD with a core than you do with a premium or elite. There are falcon (new design) cores just as there are falcon's with a hard drive. At this point there isn't any stock of the old hardware out there unless you get something that has been on a shelf forever. If you really want to make sure, look for the HDMI port. You can also look for the wattage rating on the box as the Falcons are rated at 175W instead of something like 208 or so for the original. The "cores" are identical machines to the premium or elite save the 20 gig or 120 gig hard drive. Buy the package you are looking at -- that is a HELL of a dell in your region. Look on ebay and try to find a used 20 gig hard drive and it will snap right in and you can download big demos as well as have backward compatibility.
Then, get yourself some games.... there are just too many good ones to list.
I hate trolls.
Systems I currently own: 360, PS3, Wii, DS Lite (2)
Systems I've owned: PS2, PS1, Dreamcast, Saturn, 3DO, Genesis, Gamecube, N64, SNES, NES, GBA, GB, C64, Amiga, Atari 2600 and 5200, Sega Game Gear, Vectrex, Intellivision, Pong. Yes, Pong.
