Elite? Don't buy Elite!
Take a new Premium and check the manufacture date and the DVD drive. If it is after 1 October 2007 and with BenQ drive buy it ( Most 360 after 1 October 2007 are with BenQ drives ). They are quite and with very low chance of RROD.

i got an elite, very happy with it.
Extra HDD space is awesome too now that i have rock band.

i got a premium, all 3 of my 360s have been premiums, i was gonna upgrade to elite last time, but couldnt afford it.

OK. OK. I fail. But your 360 first!

Magnific0, just leave the thread. You're not contributing anything.

As for Castle Crashers, there hasn't been a release date announced yet. But sometime in 2008.

lol, he went on to his sony-based threads X.X

Bod, you play N+ yet?

Hope everyone answered your questions. I would think that Castle Crashers will be a late June, early July release date. Honestly, if CC is "done" I am willing to bet that "Done" means its past Cert. and actually.......Ready to go any day, but just waiting on ESRB, and then queuing up for a valid MS Launch Date.

Yeah, all the 360's have the ethernet jack. None include Wireless. I actually prefer using the wired ethernet as it makes things go much faster and smoother. I do have a Wireless router, but I still prefer using the wired slots on it. I wish my Wii had a wired jack :( $25 for the Wii "wired adapter" is too expensive though. Only other time I use the wireless is with my laptop when my gf is using my desktop.

When you do pick up a new 360 the chances are pretty good that you'll get one of the newer falcons. I bought my new Elite about 1-2 months ago (was manufactured in Jan. 2008) and it's a Falcon w/the Benq drive. Much quieter and uses less power than my previous Core 360. What's funny is that the box says that it uses over 200 watts (like the older systems), but when I looked on the Elite and the power brick it says 175 watts, which is what the Falcons run on.

You should consider waiting for the jasper units. The chips are currently in production so the wait shouldn't be much longer than a couple of months anyway.

I would guess price cuts aren't of interest to you, but maybe a quieter unit that draws less power and is even more reliable?

Sounds eerily familiar to a certain other company's second console. The thing is, that company didn't ever extend a warranty when they had historic levels of console failure. Hmmm.....