New Xbox 360 loses ability to flash a red ring, can still probably die a fiery death

[wraggster]

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2010/06/differences-360-pred.jpg

It's a color we know so well, but it looks like Microsoft would like to dissociate itself from its RROD heritage, or perhaps just ran out of red LEDs: the new Xbox 360 only has a green ring around its power button, so even if you wrap the thing in a blanket and set it on fire, it won't be flashing red to tell you how it feels. This was unearthed in a spec sheet that Joystiq received from a tipster, along with all the other fancy specs you can see above. Overall the console is 17% smaller, which really goes to show that Microsoft was much more interested in noise and heat reduction than sliding the new 360 into a smaller crevice of your home entertainment center.

http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/16/new-xbox-360-loses-ability-to-flash-a-red-ring-can-still-probab/

[phsychokill]

is it just me who see's they list a kinect port on the new console, does this mean it wont just go in a USB port and instead will stop people with the old consoles from using it without extra hardware?

[royvedas]

I think I read it will be like this:

new xbox360:
Power and data through kinect port

Old xbox360
data through usb port
power through external power brick

[Darksaviour69]

I think I read it will be like this:

new xbox360:
Power and data through kinect port

Old xbox360
data through usb port
power through external power brick

close enough, the with the old xbox's it just a separate plug, not a brick