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September 28, 2009
Jasper
Yesterday I picked up Renee's Xmas present, a new XBox 360 to replace the dead one, at Fry's. This one is a Jasper motherboard, so it should run cooler overall (the power supply is perhaps 70% the size of the original). Since this model has the smaller GPU too, I hope we won't experience another video failure.
I grabbed it now on the slim chance that the Microsoft rebate program which ends October 5th will actually be honored. Generally, I assume that the rebate is a scam, since that's been my experience in the past.
Anyway, we are giving the box a burn-in period during the return grace period from Fry's. Then it goes into a closet until Xmas!
Posted by dpwakefield at September 28, 2009 07:07 AM