pre-owned XBOX's

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what with all the hardware failures ( are they still inherently failing?) is it safe to be a pre-owned console from one of those high street gaming retailers?

what are the dis-advantages of owing a Xbox 360 Console (4GB Hard Drive) over the ones with the larger hd's?
 
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Disadvantage of the 4GB one is that you can't copy the games to the HDD for quicker quiter operation. Also, [edit] you'll not be able to download a lot of content from the marketplace (though you can now use USB sticks as well). I'd recommend getting one with a bigger HDD. 20GB too small.

Pre-owned from the highstreet is great value, especially as they give you a 1 year store guarantee with them.
 
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Also, you'll be unable to download demos etc from the marketplace.
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What? Yes you can.

4GB is perfectly fine, I have a 4GB slim. I only play Fifa 11 so don't need any space, and I have 2 16GB USb Sticks which I can use to save stuff if I need to :)

I was debating whether to get a 2nd hand or new slim..and went with the slim as can get the 4GB new for £110 :)
 
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What? Yes you can.

4GB is perfectly fine, I have a 4GB slim. I only play Fifa 11 so don't need any space, and I have 2 16GB USb Sticks which I can use to save stuff if I need to :)

I was debating whether to get a 2nd hand or new slim..and went with the slim as can get the 4GB new for £110 :)
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Okay. I should have said you can't download much in the way of content from the marketplace.

That said, I forgot about being able to use memory sticks now, so that is an option if you don't have the big HDD. I do think if the OP is buying a pre-owned console from the highstreet though he should get one with a 60GB HDD at least.
 
Not much call for it now, but when I tried an Xbox original with USB storage it said it needed the Harddrive.
 
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