Do you get easily seduced by the armature or are you seeking for inner qualities? I am talking about the design of the xbox360. Its not the box, it's the electronics inside that I care about. Multicore-Processors are fine, don't get me wrong. And the GPU rocks. But why then go for the cheapest cooling-fans possible??? Microsoft - as we hear - is losing $126 per unit. They had to think about costs during the design. Which led to something good: the power-brick is actually a smart move. Try to get as much electrics outside the main box - keeps the console some degrees cooler (something designers should do with the pc's). And some really bad stuff: the fans inside are what "patrick norton" from "digitallifetv" called "brute force" cooling (He also said the hole console is like a radiator, because it is not only loud but also pretty hot). Also, the Harddrive is a joke. Whats wrong with some slick 2.5"-HDD (see your notebook)? And finally something nobody (at least "gamer") cares about: the sucker sucks 200Watt. Hugh? Yeah. I know you don't care. But if you are an engineer you look for elegance, efficency, ecology, ergonomics...not just a white-painted casebox.