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Originally Posted by Sir Charles  The fact is that you will always have to live in fear of the RRoD, regardless of what 360 you get.
I know I do. |
I'm sorry, Charles - but I don't agree with that statement at all.
Word on the street is that Falcon breakdowns are few and far between - and I am reasonably confident that the new Jasper boards will improve this further.
Now I have uncovered some information on the launch 60gb model - it will be Falcon, at least initially - but they have removed two chips from the RAM set and used higher capacity RAM instead, so it IS technically better if only at a very minimal level:
Xbox-Scene News: Inside the 60GB Xbox 360 - Bottom RAM Chips Gone
The 60gb are also supposedly coming with the no-hassle Lite-On DVD drives as standard - so there's really nothing to shy away from whatsoever IMO.
My advice would be this - if you want to buy reasonably soon, I can't see any reason to wait for Jasper over Falcon since both seem pretty slick UNLESS you plan to stick your X360 in a tight corner...then I might hold for Jasper 'just in case' - but that's a big might as I have a LOT of faith in the Falcon configuration.
Otherwise - if you're very, very patient - you may want to hold off until next year and buy the slimline model.