26th July 2003, 11:25 AM
I got a later model by the time I got mine, I think it was just the early models that were breaking. Mine's worked flawlessly. In fact, of the systems I have, it's the ONLY one that has NEVER had ANY read errors EVER. Of course, I know better than to use the vertical standing ability of it :D. My friend's system however is kinda messed up. Fortunatly, Sony, like Nintendo, repairs the system for free now. His Xbox also messed up, but MS charges 100$ for repairs. To be honest I think it might actually be cheaper to sell one's old XBox for roughly that amount to someone and buy one brand new, which is what my friend actually did come to think of it. At least now when we play Halo online (using a tunnel) I no longer have to deal with his system constantly giving out dirty disk messages.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)