Buying a new PC after 5/22? Would you like a new Xbox 360 with that?

[Ducttape]

http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/...011/05/12/students-we-ve-got-you-covered.aspx

Pretty nice deal, seems straight up. Get a free Xbox 360 4GB console with the purchase of a Windows 7 PC $699 or more, at participating retailers in the US from 5/23 - 9/3


Catch: Students only, but still a pretty nice gesture on Microsoft's part.

I build my own PC's, but I'm going to be trading in my laptop soon...

 

[Cacophonus]

And here is the snipe attempt after the PSN disaster.

 

[bleblablueble]

Finish him!

 

[Kain-]

eh still gotta pay for live, i think imma stick to pc gaming

 

[IDigitalDeadI]

eh still gotta pay for live, i think imma stick to pc gaming

People who play WoW complain about paying for xbox live, then they realize they pay more for WoW in a year then xbox live and I just laugh and laugh and laugh :laugh::laugh::laugh: Seriously though, there are tons of good games that don't require you to have a gold membership. For awhile I played with a silver membership account and still bought games off of xbox live marketplace that I wanted to play.

By the way, I'm not saying that you play WoW or all pc gamers play WoW, just an example I thought of.

 

[Cut Chem!st]

Not worth buying a prebuilt PC, that's making people turn away from PC gaming since they get a meh PC and an xbox.

Cool for laptops though.

 

[CrazyKiller]

eh still gotta pay for live, i think imma stick to pc gaming

It's a lot less than monthly subscriptions to other games, and less than what you pay to buy a new PC game.

 

[FreakingHell]

Yes, I would like $175 off my new laptop.

 

[Snipeye]

1) No. I prefer to build my PCs.
2) What WoW people are complaining? I don't even own a 360. There are actually WoW people playing consoles? (j/k)
3) I would take advantage of this if I was going to buy a new laptop, however.

Random question: Are there any tangible reasons to own/use the 360 w/ 4GB versus the one with 250GB? I've been meaning to buy a 360, but I wanted your opinions on whats the better deal: 250GB version vs 4GB version.

 

[Ducttape]

Random question: Are there any tangible reasons to own/use the 360 w/ 4GB versus the one with 250GB? I've been meaning to buy a 360, but I wanted your opinions on whats the better deal: 250GB version vs 4GB version.

The 4GB version can fill up fast, if you plan on DL a lot of stuff (you can download stuff from LIVE even if you don't plan on subscribing to GOLD). I have a 4GB model, and it's fine for me. I've been told you can load your Disc onto your harddrive and not need to insert it when you play (takes a lot of space though, so I've never tried it).

 

[Snipeye]

The last part, Ducttape, is what I heard as well. I wasn't sure if that was automatic, or manual.