Re: 250 GB HD Xbox 360 coming

On Aug 28, 8:18 pm, Mitch <Mitch@...> wrote:
Hard drive size differences are ridiculous.
I just bought a 500 GB SATA WD drive for $69.
Which means M$ would pay 69 cents.

Do away with the different sized hard drives.  Pick the size that's
right for the console, and make that the drive.

I'm pushing 4 TB at home now, not counting the 360 or PS3. In the end
I think 1TB is going to be the logical end point for this generation
and the starting point for the next generation. HD installation of
games, downloadable movies, etc. etc. all of that needs space and a 20
GB drive where 7 GB is stripped away for overhead is not going to cut
it.

The going rate for 2.5" laptop drives @ 500 GB looks like it's $90:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2010150380%201309740009&name=500GB

How Microsoft justifies charging $150 for 1/5th the capacity is beyond
me.

- Jordan
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