After hearing all the fanboys talk about the 360 hardware,i`ve understood that they don`t know what`s inside of the 360,don`t know what is the RRoD and just like to talk about the 30-33% failure rate of the early consoles.
First of all,the RRoD happens when the GPU,from the heat,doesn`t stay on the motherboard and you get the RRoD. Very simple. In september 2007 Microsoft shrunk the CPU from 90 nm to 65 nm AND the GPU from 90 nm to 80 nm. This time,ATI,the company that made the GPU,was asked to make a special glue (epoxy resin) that keeps the GPU in place.
This was supposed to be done in the first place,but Microsoft went straight to TSMC (Taiwan semi-micro conducter Co.) and thanked ATI for it`s chip,but said it`s all good for now on,they don`t need ATI anymore. Why? Because the process would cost Microsoft some 50 million $ . They are a software company,not a hardware one. Now it`s a little too late,but is good that they have changed and realised that they have lost 1 billion $ on the RRoD problem.
Moving along to the 60 gb model,the difference with the Falcon is that the memory chips on the FRONT of the motherbord have doubled in sise,so there was no need for the bottom ram chips. This is great because of the ventilation and power usage. Also,the cooling is the same as the Falcon,wich is great.
In september 2008,the Jasper model will have the GPU shrunk from 80 nm to 65 nm,wich from what i know,has a lot less power consumption and heat. So if you are interested in a 360 this Xmass,go for it. Now is the time.
And i hope i have been very explicit.
