I’ve been dealing with technology since I was an early teenager breaking down computers, helping mother with VCR set ups (“Mom, the cord does into the television… nevermind”), a powerful skill of adjusting color, brightness and tint on the television. I’ve earned a living working on computers and many back-end technologies that people rarely see and never understand. But sometimes technology is a bane of my existance.
Granted, I’m a sucker. I buy things that I generally like (duh!), but I also maintain a good status quo. It’s why I order cheeseburgers at Chinese restaurants, hamburger helper at Krogers and drink mad quantities of Mountain Dew and Budweiser. A creature of habit, I’ve always been.
But this.
The box (that’s short for computer/technological device for us techies) is out of warranty and Microsoft charges a general $100 fee for repair. I’m not going to pay $100 on a system to repair that I’ve bought twice generally considered to be built poorly. Though they offer free-services provided the repair is included on a lawsuit they lost. Be cautious about purchasing a 360. And if you do, don’t play it much. Otherwise, it won’t last. Good stuff.
The idea of not playing a system as much, just so the life expectancy will be longer, is terrible. From my perspective, when I begin playing a game I become engulfed with it. This summer, I’ve already scheduled multiple games with my Wii and Mario Kart. Can’t wait!
But I have to say, you have went through 2 boxes, pretty impressive.