Even if it's only announced in june at E3. We will have info leaks before that.

Besides if you read the original article in the OXM, it says we will see the new console before June.

Adinnieken said:
The curves won't have that wide of a radius. That takes up too much internal space. A narrower curve would allow for a much better fit on the main PC board.

The PC board can easily be slightly curved itself or just smaller, regarding the loss of internal space due to the curve there is a precedent : PS3 phat

It won't have covered USB slots either. They're too central to the modern console, they require engineering that is expensive, and you can effectively provide them in a sleek form without hiding them behind a door.

360 covers already their front usb slots - would be weird if they ruin such a nice design by letting them open this time

Finally, the Blu-Ray drive won't be slot. While it's sleek and pretty, and my personal preference, slot drives are more expensive than their tray counterparts. There is no distinct advantage to a slot drive, just aesthetics.

again - PS3 precedents

I'm not convinced it'll have that design, despite their confidence. First, to put a HDD on the top of the machine in a vertical position is just screaming bad design. I also think any means of standing it upright will be integrated, rather than a separate feature.

I am neither convinced tbh, on the other hand I believe this might be Microsoft's way of having some feedback on their current design and some of it, if not most, might see the day.

not sure why you would consider the HDD on top as a bad design though, but then again, i could suffer from bad taste

I do like the integrated vent. I just don't think it would be sufficient to keep the console properly ventilated. There is going to have to be a place to have large vents to draw air in, which this seems to be missing.

Very true - especially considering the RROD experience.

Yeah...I remember when OXM said Metal Gear Solid 4 was coming to the Xbox 360.

Wait one second while I go grab my copy...oh yeah I can't because it didn't happen.

You can use the old HD you just need to take them out their enclosures and use something to stablize them in the Slim. I used the packing foam for the Slim, and it works like a charm. But in the case of different gen I doubt it will happen.

strange there was so much momentum building around x86. So Power 7 then? That is the only CPU architecture I can think of with 4 way multithreading.

Unless they are using something Magny-Cours, the Opteron 6136 has 2 4 core dies but that seems unlikely.

The rumours are crazy. They are going around in circles. I think there is some serious misinformation going around!