All I see its black and bigger hardware..

a 120gb hard drive should be enough to warrant your 360 elite purchase over an arcade

but there's also the headset

And FaceBook!*

*XBL Gold Required

if you make some calculations you may find it cheaper than the 360 Arcade ... Iguess

depends...Hard disk has the advantage of game installs.. which in most cases tends to make game loadings/ stuttering frame rates faster(TLR)... also you'll need a HDD to fulfill all your DLC needs. My theory is this- if you fancy a cheaper price get the Pro, it retails for just a bit more than the arcade. If you fancy offline play and dont wanna download maps/movies etc then the arcade makes sense for you.

5 THINGS I'd like to see before i knock out:

a. a AAA sonic title Sonic the Hedgehog 2

b. a mario game that doesnt involve saving princess peach Super Mario Bros 2

c. a nintendo developed game that has a "M rating" Hummmm....can't think of any...

d. redesgined PS controller LOL...

e. SEGA back in the console business, M$ out of the OS business To hell with PowerVR, Every other OS  is for PC geeks...

Two out of five...d I don't care for..But agree..

I'd much rather have SEGA in the console business.. BTW.. the 360 uses TBDR.. something that was originally pioneered by the powerVR in the DC. As for other OS's.. well no comment I think everyone has used vista....

Get the elite. 120 gig HD comes in handy for installing games, and you will want to DL some arcade titles. Shadow Complex is a must own.

I still have the 20 gig, 3 years now.
You can get by with it imo.

Game installs so get the elite.
The box is quieter but not as loud as people claim to start with, game load, look and play better and if you open an XBL account you might get into demos and XBLA.