You know what bugs me? When people leave reviews to Xbox 360s on gaming sites saying things like: "Don't buy this system because it will break and will cost you a lot of money and hassle sending it to Microsoft to get it fixed. Seriously, just buy a PS3."

I assumed that it was well-known how unreliable Microsoft Xboxes are even though they're really popular. I remember Steve Jobs saying something about how Microsoft isn't for their customers; They just want to find ways of making money.

If you compare Xbox to PS3 and even Apple products, you will find that the others are more reliable. Playing online on a Playstation is free... But not on Xbox. Playstations are known to last longer and replacing them after two years usually doesn't happen... But it does with Xbox. I've read horror stories about people who've bought a 360, it broke after a week, got another one, that one broke, sent that one in to get repaired only to have that one break a month later. I mean, what's up with that?

After all these setbacks I'd heard, how could I still want to get an Xbox so bad? At first my excuse was: "Well, maybe the people working for Microsoft are just slow and not as efficient at putting out gaming systems that work pretty well. Maybe their system improving takes so long because they spend so much time making sure the system works perfectly. That has to be a valid excuse, right?" Wrong.

Then what about Apple, huh? What makes Apple so much different from Microsoft? Why are Apple products so amazing, last so much longer and it barely has any faults? That's simple.

Apple is for the people. Microsoft is for themselves.

Don't get me wrong, I love Xbox. I'm willing to spend extra money on the faults and have actually prepared myself because I figure something might go wrong right after buying one. But even so, it sucks that buying one is such a gamble. :/ Especially after wanting one so bad and saving up for three/four years to get one...

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What's your stance on these matters? I'd like to hear your opinion.

(Also, I hope posts like these are allowed. I don't mean to offend anyone. This is just me trying to get some feedback on something that I'm vehement about....)