Re: Xbox for Christmas?


"Sir Chewbury Gubbins" <chewbury.gubbins@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:pan.2005.12.03.19.33.04.357753@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 18:27:22 +0000, essdeekay wrote:
>> That was a bit stupid IMO. The shop staff should have known the items
>> were
>> extremely limited, and in that case they should have only allowed 1 per
>> person. They may have thought more accessories would come soon though...
>
> IMHO, the reason for the shortage of xboxen and the reason for the whole
> premium/core thing is a lack of hard drives.
>
> Choobs
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Aren't they just repackaged, fairly standard 2.5" SATA drives?


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