Micro$oft!

Hats off to a company called Micro$soft! I am an XBox LIVE regular, and have been on 360's since December of '07. Now we all know that XBox's tend to last a year before they get the dreaded RROD (red rings of death), and that theory is holding up pretty dang well. Who wants a timeline?

December 2007: Buy first XBox 360

July 2008: disc drive starts getting cranky

Late nov/early December 2008: graphics card starts acting up

Early January 2009 : Graphics card goes out, displays "complete system malfunction" on screen

same day: Take it to game crazy, use system swap warranty, get new xbox, new warranty

May 2009: starts freezing more than old one did

November 5th 2009: freezes up within 2 minutes of startup, EVERYTIME.

same day: Go through troubleshooting, turn on, Red rings. E74 error, xbox is dead. In the process, I find out that they gave me a refurb

Present day: Planning on taking it in for the system swap, again

I don't have any problems with refurbished products, but when I pay for a warranty, I expect better. This xbox lasted 9 months, the first one lasted 13, and it was a different, older model.

Thanks, Micro$oft.