360 w/ 60 gb drive, that was the one on sale and I read on XBox.com that the arcade model isn't backwards compatible with the old xbox games.

don't know if that's just a sales thing or not, but the arcade model with 20gb drive was only on sale at one place and too many people in line. found the pro one somewhere else so i grabbed it.

thanks again for your help!!!!

THANKS, you guys are awesome.

I am going to check the black friday deals, yeah, he wants some extra controllers and stuff, getting a little tight on the budget. it's like if I get the bigger drive I might can't get the controllers, then his friends can't play. :(

Thanks for the help, guess I better get out my paper and go stand in line somewhere.

Hi, let me start by saying I know nothing about xbox360 other than the RROD that's in the news.

My stepson wants one for Christmas. He says He needs the 60GB and a big memory card. (he can't tell me why he needs it, just that he needs it) I don't really understand, why do you need a memory card if it has a HDD? If a RROD happens does it wipe out the HDD? Can the HDD be backed up like a PC HDD? Are there things that can be done to help prevent RROD?

Thanks for any advice!!!