dude trust me man i treat them the absolute best i can. i dont drop them, i dont leave them on overnight, i only play probably 5-7 hours a week other than that it just sits in my air conditioned apartment. i really have no idea what else i could do.

i have had the worst experience with xbox and i felt like i should share my story to the great people of system wars. my 4th xbox 360 crashed earlier this year (yes 4th!) and i called to have it repaired. they sent me the box and i sent it off. then, after 2 weeks of not hearing back from them, i called to get an update. they told me that they have lost my console and will look for it and notify me in 3 days. i was so pissed. so i called back 3 days later (after they did not call me) and they said that they are still looking for it and that they will notify my again in another 24-72 hours. i got so pissed, that i started calling every single day and every day they told me that they would contact me in 3 days. finally, after 6 weeks, i come home to find my xbox on my driveway. i almost didnt even take it out of the box.

but then e3 2010 came around and they announced the new 360 slim. i thought that this was finally my revelation. so i went out and paid cash for it even without selling my old 360 first. i brought it home and it worked for about 2 weeks then it started running super loud and really hot. so i called xbox and they said that it was normal. so i kept playing but it kept getting hotter and hotter and louder everytime i turned it on. then it started making my games ghost. so out of fear of it ruining my games, i called them back and they said to unplug it for 2 hours and they would call me back that evening to see if it worked. well, it didnt work and they didnt call me back. i would just like to know who is running that place and why they have their head so far up their ass they cant see straight? if this was any other company they would go out of business but w/e screw microsoft i thought you guys might like to hear this. sorry for the never ending story.

Edit: i broke it up into paragraphs lol and yes i keep my 360 extemely ventilated i tried everything to keep it working and obviously nothing worked

i just graduated highschool and was blessed with a sweet amount of money. im going to college in the fall and i was wondering whether i should get the new alienware M11x or a macbook. ive done the research and basically they both have their ups and downs. heres what im thinking...

Alienware

Love:

graphics

size

long battery life

compatability with games

hate:

rumored weak processer (please tell me if this is a huge problem cuz i am not an intense PC gamer i will just need something to play some basic games)

high repair costs

Macbook

Love:

sleek design

mac stores everywhere with awesome service

syncs with a lot of cool stuff and easy overall use

great antivirus

hate:

never used a mac before so im used to PC

games are RIDICULOUSLY expensive

not very customizable

the main reason im getting a laptop is so that i can do college work and play some basic games (such as WOW). thanks guys.

i am going to college in the fall and i need a computer obviously. i saw the new alienware m11x and was amazed by the power. but i have also heard some negative reviews and bad feedback. so should i branch out and try the new alienware, or stick with a more known name such as a vaio. i play some games, but nothing extreme such as modern warfare 2. i just really like the portability and power of the m11x.my budget is around $1250, so i could pimp out the m11x a little bit.so what should i do?

i just saw the game today for $15 at blockbuster and thought it was a pretty good price. i know the game has some pretty low scores for technical problems, and i was wondering if anyone knows if they fixed most/any at all. thanks.

i have a DS and im starting to grow out of it and the psp go seems cool. i had a psp 1st gen years ago, but they werent making any games for it so i sold it. now it seems that sony is starting to take the psp more serious. LBP is one of my top 5 games of all time and i LOVED MGS 4. i really need something super portable and the psp go seems like a good fit. is this what i should do?

i just got the red rings of death for the third time on my xbox 360. then i sent it in for the free repair, and they fixed it promptly. but, 10 days later(today), they have not shipped it. so i called and asked what the hell was going on. they told me they could not find the console. they LOST my xbox. so they told me they would call me in 3-5 business days to update me on thesearch for my xbox. i just wanted to proclaim how much hell the360 has put me through bytelling the playstation lovers this story.dont forget, this is not my first rodeo. dont be greedy andwish thePS3 had as many games or as good online or any of that crap. because it is allpretty worthless if you have a lost console. thanks for listening to me **** about my problems. PS3FTW.

i am hands down getting the beatles on the 9th but will the guitar hero games work with my rock band instruments? i really want to pick up GH metallica and maybe GH5 but if it doesnt work, im not getting them.

i bought battlefield last night and have not even been able to play online. it says when im creating an EA account on my xbox, that i dont have the "permissions to acess xbox live functionality". so i deleted it from my xbox and went to ea.com and created an account there. when i re-downloaded it, it said the same thing. it wont let me play anything online. i know there is a lot of problems with the servers right now, but this has nothing to do with the servers. any suggestions?

coming up in the next week or two, gamestop is having a buy 2 get 1 free event so i would hold your money until then. but as for recommendations, get RE5, Bioshock, and Killzone 2.