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http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/slim-xbox-360-gets-official-at-299-shipping-today-looks-angul/

Xbox 360 is fully loaded with new features and still comes with everything you know and love. Here's a feature list to make sure you don't miss any of the newest Xbox 360 250GB parts.

Form Factor: Sleek, lean and gloss black finish with chrome accents. Place vertically or horizontally in any living room entertainment center.

Touch Sensitive Buttons: Turn the Xbox 360 video game system on/off and eject a disc with the swipe of a finger.

Whisper Quiet: Whether you're playing a DVD disc or from the hard drive, or navigating the dashboard, with the all-new and much quieter Xbox 360, the only noise you'll hear is your own laughing, cheering and playing.

Wi-Fi: Built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi for fast, easy connection to your friends and entertainment on Xbox LIVE.

Hard Drive: 250GB internal, swappable hard drive for even more storage. To access, remove the bottom panel by pushing the small tab toward the front of the console.

Kinect-Ready: Custom Kinect port on the back of the console that directly hooks up to the Kinect sensor for controller-free fun.

USB Slots: Five USB ports; three in the back of the console and two in the front for easy plug and play.

AV Connections:

AV Cable included for standard definition TV connection.
HDMI port for high definition TV connection.
Optical Audio out port integrated on back of console for AV system connection.

Power Supply: Smaller and more efficient. Xbox 360 250GB and Xbox 360 Original power supplies are not interchangeable.

Wireless Controller: The award-winning Xbox 360 Wireless Controller matches the console in all black with color-matched thumsticks and directional pad with a touch of gloss and chrome to complete the look.

Backwards Compatible. Your favorite accessories and games will work with Xbox 360 250GB. (Xbox 360 External Hard Drives and Memory Units are not compatible.)

Accessories. Customize your Xbox 360 250GB with matching black accessories, including favorites such as Controllers, Wireless Headset, Chatpad, Quick Charge and Play & Charge Kits and more. Get a look at a few of these today.

Key Internal Components Changes:

Fan: Moved from two small fans to one larger fan for improved acoustics.
Chipset: 45 nanometer and integrated CPU and GPU.
Wi-Fi: Integrated wireless capability.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/15/new-xbox-360-guide-microsofts-slim-console-explained/
 
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Seems like a desperate effort from MS to try and pump more sales from it.

not as much as some
It seems like a decent update(though most factors should have been included from launch!) improving the specs/functionality of the machine
however,custom hard drives again :bang:
 
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I don't want to start anything but heres my shoddy input:

Gloss black, touch sensitive buttons, whisper quiet, larger hdd, built in wifi.

Does any of that sound familiar to you???????

Seems like some console is apiring to be like the mk1 version of another console... HMMMMMMMM
 
not as much as some
It seems like a decent update(though most factors should have been included from launch!) improving the specs/functionality of the machine
however,custom hard drives again :bang:

Exactly, all the updates, 2nd time they have updated the 360?, are basic ones that should have been included since launch. Apart from HDD sizes and the Slim the PS3 has barely been updated or changed at all, excluding software.
 
Hardware side of things no. Well atleast that I know of.

so wheres the card reader on the PS3?
wheres the hardware backwards compatibility?
less USB ports than at launch
some models were even released(not UK) without wifi
change of controllers
thats off the top of my head
then theres the removal of software emulation and other OS option
 
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so wheres the card reader on the PS3?
wheres the hardware backwards compatibility?
less USB ports than at launch
some models were even released(not UK) without wifi
change of controllers
thats off the top of my head
then theres the removal of software emulation and other OS option

So Microsoft gives what Sony takes? What is the world coming to :eek:
 
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