Microsoft Offering $20 Refurbished Hard Drive to Xbox 360 Core/Arcade Owners

re: Microsoft Offering $20 Refurbished Hard Drive to Xbox 360 Core/Arcade Owners

tayme — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:14:07 GMT

@Waethorn - I guess that it is a matter of personal choice...remember the much reviled automobile comparisons.

--tayme

re: Microsoft Offering $20 Refurbished Hard Drive to Xbox 360 Core/Arcade Owners

dugbug — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 12:48:43 GMT

@waethorn

Isn't it obvious? They are nice and small and light. Keep one by the tv to check on things. Also, very convenient to carry on the road as they are so small and light.

I use my iphone for a lot of this, but a netbook is more convenient really. Its about the smallest size display/kbd to be useful for my parents.

-d

re: Microsoft Offering $20 Refurbished Hard Drive to Xbox 360 Core/Arcade Owners

Waethorn — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 11:41:12 GMT

@tayme, all:

Who the h3ll would buy a neutered Eee PC, when you can get a FULLY-FUNCTIONAL laptop for the same amount of money??!!

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tayme — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:42:03 GMT

No, Paul did not kill the squirrels...it was the mice and rats!

www.masspest.com/MassachusettsRodentRemoval.html

--tayme

re: Microsoft Offering $20 Refurbished Hard Drive to Xbox 360 Core/Arcade Owners

tayme — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 02:33:10 GMT

@Doc - I left you a PM regarding the laptop. For the rest of the crew here...that laptop that Doc has been bragging about over the last week or so is actually pretty awesome for $399. It will serve most people that just want to browse, email, and store photos very well. And it is actually fairly sharp looking. Too bad the sale ended on Sunday. Good tip, Doc!!!

--tayme

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Ocean — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:14:06 GMT

Yup, but you can't edit the blog articles they link to as proof (and the reason its still in the article).

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gorath — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:10:39 GMT

wait, Paul killed all the squirrels by his house?

holy crap. Bill Bailey wouldn't like that.

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shark47 — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:31:26 GMT

As an OT, Ocean mentioned Paul's Wikipedia article where his integrity has been questioned. Guess who edits Wikipedia articles. I can go in and edit Paul's Wikipedia page to add an entry that he killed all the squirrels near his house.

re: Microsoft Offering $20 Refurbished Hard Drive to Xbox 360 Core/Arcade Owners

Waethorn — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:24:47 GMT

"I tried that no matter what I do the arcade that I was using with the hard drive does not get to the page to order."

When you hook up a hard drive, does the 360 save some kind of profile that has info about the drive, even when the drive is disconnected?

That's likely the reason.

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au071 — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:18:48 GMT

I think this is a pretty good deal, for the consumers and for Microsoft. Once people have the hard drive, the XBLA market probably will become more popular.

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DarkSages — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:02:58 GMT

@Weathorn

I tried that no matter what I do the arcade that I was using with the hard drive does not get to the page to order. I guess I'll call and ask why, maybe I am getting this wrong and it's limited on per house hold or something. Either way I hope I an order a second becuase I been trying out netflix and it is really cool to have so many movies available for such a low price. Im actually thinking of canceling all premium channels in my dish and just use netflix.

re: Microsoft Offering $20 Refurbished Hard Drive to Xbox 360 Core/Arcade Owners

Waethorn — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 18:37:04 GMT

So you should disconnect the drive and then try to connect....

Then you'll get your $20/20GB REFURBISHED hard drive.

Uck! I feel dirty just saying it like that....

re: Microsoft Offering $20 Refurbished Hard Drive to Xbox 360 Core/Arcade Owners

CompactDstrxion — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 17:36:37 GMT

To be honest they need only check the DRM rights to see if any have been assigned to content over a certain size.

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DarkSages — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:43:23 GMT

I think I can confirmed it the xbox that has never been on live was given a go on the website. The one that I put the hard drive on and connected to live just gave me the :you are ready to go" page. So this is BS I should be able to get two hard drives not just one. Can anyone else confirm this?

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muzzymate — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:02:41 GMT

I have the same experience - An Arcade system with a hard drive attatched (from a RRODed system). I figured Live saw I had the drive attatched and told me I didn't qualify.