My Xbox 360 is one from the 2006. That is the third one came back after repair/replacement. It is one of those noisy, heat generating, disk scratching machines. As soon as I turn it on it fills the room with noise. I have no idea where it is coming from. If I don’t save games to disk, there is another level of huge drive noise that gets added. I also think this hardware is inadequate to handle the new experience and also the latest games. May be the heat is impacting the performance? I don’t know.
I am guessing that Microsoft and Game developers are using newer hardware to test the software. When it comes down to my system everything is sluggish. The dashboard stutters, each game load causes the system to slow down even more requiring me to use age old technique of restarting the console.
There might be remedy for this. Get a newer Xbox 360 hardware. I will get an HDMI output as well. But I do not need a controller, cables or hard drive. If there was something like a bare console at a lower price I would have gone out and purchased one. Not sure if there is a good market for it.
For now I am watching for deals on the arcade model.