Before i buy the xbox 360 question.....?

NOT the core - either the Premium or Elite are great. You DO want the hard drive. It won't let you save a complete install of a game like a PC as you ask - but it allows you to do game saves. Also - you need it download content from XboxLive (which you will want to do even if you don't think you will right now). Things like game updates and add ons/map packs - require you to have a hard drive. Plus in order to get backward compatibility with any of the original Xbox games (though there are really only a few good ones on the list) require the hard drive.

There are allot of reasons. You definitely want the hard drive. I would say if you have the money and can find one in stock - then get the Elite especially if your TV has HDMI. Otherwise get the Premium. Either way - you want a hard drive.

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Of course you can't save entire games onto the HDD, no one would ever buy games then, they would just rent them & put them on the HDD. That should have been totally obvious without even asking.

But beyond that, the HDD is for DL'ing demos, you can rip your music onto it & listen to it when you play games, you can DL Live Arcade games to your HDD, full-length movies, etc, DL extra game content & of course save your games.

Just DON'T get the Core, it's a total ripoff!

Since its your first 360, I recommend you get the Elite. But the Premium will do too. Got a nice hdtv with hdmi ports?

NOT the core - either the Premium or Elite are great. You DO want the hard drive. It won't let you save a complete install of a game like a PC as you ask - but it allows you to do game saves. Also - you need it download content from XboxLive (which you will want to do even if you don't think you will right now). Things like game updates and add ons/map packs - require you to have a hard drive. Plus in order to get backward compatibility with any of the original Xbox games (though there are really only a few good ones on the list) require the hard drive.

There are allot of reasons. You definitely want the hard drive. I would say if you have the money and can find one in stock - then get the Elite especially if your TV has HDMI. Otherwise get the Premium. Either way - you want a hard drive.

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DataDream

demos are free but you have to pay for sum stuff.

not everything in life is free.

okay thanks everyone ! i think i will get the HDD one ! oh by the way i hard like if you want to go online you have pay like 5 dollars a momth after the frist 30 day, but does that mean when you download a demo you have to pay extra just like cell phone's ring tone...? or for free if you want to download anything as long as you have the online service....?SKBSY8

I say PREMIUM unless ur a graphix freak or ur hdtv is sooo good it makes regular high defintion feeds look bad (elite is the way to go)...

at first ur not gonna want to dload lots of stuff so the extra 100 GBites is not worth the money at that point. Don't go down too low and get a Core because like everyone said basically if u wonna enjoy the 360 its useless. Elites have yet to fix the 3 red lights issue so i dont recommend it either.

hello all the gamers ! i just have few questions before i made up my mind to purchase the xbox 360 ! okay here are the questions: what is the xbox 360's HDD really do i mean what can you do with it beside store you music and something else! can you save the whole game into the HDD and just load it from there when you want to play the game. i should say that is what i really want to ask! because i dont know which one i should buy the CORE concole or the 20GB even the 120GB one ! please help me ! basically just want to know if i can save the whole into the HDD or not, if is not i will just buy the CORE console one ! so please help me !SKBSY8

I'll go point-by-point:

1) You cannot save entire "games" as you would when installing them on a PC. You need to have a game disc to run things such as Halo 2 or PGR3. The exception to this is XBLA (XBOX Live Arcade) games, which you do save to your HDD. Other things you use your HDD for are obvious: saving your progress in games, saving your achievements, playing on XBOX Live, downloading trailers or game updates, et cetera.

2) I'm still trying to figure out what planet Microsoft was on when they released the Core console. Unless you just happen to have an XBOX 360 HDD lying around, the Core console is next-to-useless. While the XBOX 360 Elite's 120GB HDD is tempting, if you're just a casual gamer, I'd strongly suggest the Premium XBOX 360 (the white box, not the green one). Now, if you want to use HDMI, then go for the Elite. However, I use component cables on my HD television and it looks just fine (and I have 20/13 vision).

Basically, it's worth it to you to just buy the XBOX 360 Premium or Elite, depending on how much of a gamer you are.