Something I just Thought Of About the 360 Harddrive

I was just reading some guys thread on how when you initially get the premium 360 with the hard drive, theres only 13 gigs available or so, with 7 used for system use.

This got me thinking - does that mean that the premium 360 with the hard drive runs CONSIDERABLY better than one that just uses memory cards?

Many people buy the core, and then just use a memory card - no harddrive. That system is without these "missing 7 gigs"

Can someone explain this to me? How come the premium needs the 7, and the core doesnt use any?

Does that mean that the core doesnt have Marketplace or even a dashboarD? I dont get it!

Even so, 7 gigs for system use it A LOT

think about it, even vista and xp use less than that (me thinks)

you got one system runnin with 7 gigs to do whatever it wants, and another running off the memory card - yet they play games

the same?? I will look into this...

lemme tell u.... MICROSOFT RIPPS US ALL OFF.... but meh the games for their console is atleast good so im not one 2 complainazndragger55

[QUOTE="azndragger55"]lemme tell u.... MICROSOFT RIPPS US ALL OFF.... but meh the games for their console is atleast good so im not one 2 complainlimpbizkit818

well they try 2 rip u off anyway possible... my friends xbox had 3 red lights... he sends it n it comes back with a this unit has been overplayed with... like wtf thats wat warranty is for... but meh u know they fixed most of the problems

You only miss less then 2GB when you delete all the music etc. it comes with. The system pretty much gets nothing. a 20GB HDD doesn't have 20GB by default. Just like PC HDD's of 200GB only come with 190GB or so. You never get the full advertised space.

You can also play the Xbox 360 without a HDD or memory unit.

So, to answer your question, no.

[QUOTE="azndragger55"]lemme tell u.... MICROSOFT RIPPS US ALL OFF.... but meh the games for their console is atleast good so im not one 2 complainlimpbizkit818

exactly, once a system has been configured, it needs an allocated amount of memory to save all these options. Also, the hdd normally has a live arcade game built in, also the backwards compatability memory. which we all love, however limited it still is. If you buy a core and just save off memory cards your enjoyment of the console is somwhat limited. No downloads of updates, patches and expansions. XBox live becomes minimal and the console basically becomes outdated very quickly.