Xpression.v2

It’s been a while since I’ve checked in. Chalk that up to work. I haven’t had off since last Friday.

Anyways, another one has died? What’s another one? Another soldier? Another starving African child? Another controversially bad joke? Nope. My second Xbox 360 decided to take the plunge yesterday. The DVD drive just wouldn’t work, anymore. It lost power, somehow. I had to actually remove the faceplate and manually pull out the tray just to get my copy of Crackdown out of the system before returning it. Thank goodness for the Best Buy replacement plan. I took it in and, within 5 minutes, had a new one.

All of this bugs me a lot, though. With this new 360, I am now on my 3rd unit in a little over 4 months. To say I’ve lost a little faith in the ability of Microsoft to produce a solid piece of hardware would be an understatement. I still can’t figure out how so many units can keep dying and no one is raising some red flags about quality control. It’s insane.

Either way, I’ve got to jet, but I will be sure to check in, in a bit, with something actually a bit more meaningful. Have a good one, cats.

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