noo this OP is stupid... every machine in the world can be broken and to say that your scared of the ps3 to go dead on you is stupid...
ps3 has better chance of living then your x360.
soo thats you answer to your question

why are you so pissed off about it?

@Nightwish,

hes talking about reliability.

@ klaudkil and kantor

the 60 GB IS changed, its not as reliabe as the others cause it got backward compatibilty, and Ps2 engine is different from ps3

They have changed the heatsink atleast - http://playstation.joystiq.com/2008/04/24/a-look-at-playstation-3s-third-gen-heat-sink/

First half of what you said was irrelevant. This was not meant to be an arugment, even though your leaning to it. You should have stated what you felt that was respectful, yet while still trying to be helpful to me. I want a PS3 here lol, just want good advice from somewhat knowledgable people.

I think you are trolling yourself a bit too much into threads..the 60gb doesnt have any problems.. if anything its failure rate is 2% at most. The ps3's total failure rate isnt even 1%

stop sugar cotting sony for a minute guys.
the 60 GB model is NOT reliable , fact.
thats why they're not making them anymore, alot of people complained about them

XD...I'm trolling by stating a well known fact! One that helps reassure the OP that buying any model BUT the 60gig is fine? and you dare to call me a troll. Get lost leo-j before I decide to rip you apart for your obvious blind ignorance.

Reliability: fear not, the PS3 is solidly constructed, and retailers say failure rates are normal (1-2%, standard for electronics).

I've seen no substantive evidence to suggest the 60 GB machines are less reliable. Sony stopped making them for cost-cutting reasons -- the extra internal hardware to read PS2 games made the system more expensive, and most customers didn't feel backwards compatibility was important, given that PS2s are plentiful and supercheap.

But if you're worried about your machine breaking down, get a warranty from the retailer or vendor.

Well known fact? Blind ignorance? Please ironman.. dont even talk about ignorance, I love to know where you are getting this "60gb is faulty" and you better not respond by saying "random forum posts".

Aside form the numerous 60GB models that have YLODed, it is a known fact that they are the most troublesome, reguardless of what fanboys try to say. The other models seem much more solid.