....buy the core 360 system......Even if that's all the stores have.....Even if you are dying to get a 360....That was my story.....1 week ago, i had one of my friends mention that a particular games store had 1 360 left.....I knew that this was my chance and that i had to take it..........I had many, many, many different things for my original Xbox and i knew that if i waited too much longer, they wouldn't be worth squat in trade-in value.....that and the premium system was $100 more.....Sooooo, i took the plunge.....I got the one 360 they had left and that happened to be a core system.....You get the 360, not enough the bare essentials......I wanna scream because now that i have it and i had some more money....I have to buy a hard drive, memory card, HD cables, among other things.....Why did Microsoft do this??...I have no idea.....Don't get me wrong, i am absolutely thrilled that i finally got one.....And like everyone has already said, the system is tooooooo SWEET!!....Graphics are insane and the audio does not lack in any dept..........But the question still remains WHY???.....i have been a big fan of Xbox since the original first came out.....Yeah, i did have to buy most of that other stuff above for my original Xbox......I know i probably just answered my own question in this paragraph.....But, i say again, WHY Bill??????? :hissyfit: