[sparko3671]

Just got the kids Xbox360 in the post today. In the interests of being a good dad I had to take it out of the box and test it as I don't want any sad faces come xmas day.

I was intrigued that the hard drive although 60GB has only about 52GB available. I've done a few searches and see this appears to be the norm. What exactly does it use these missing GBs for as the arcade version doesn't have a hard drive?

Thanks

Mike

[Boon72]

as with all hdd's the number you buy is never the number you see.

500gb is about 465gb after formatting, dont forget that in that 8gb is the xbox system etc

[Marky1973]

Originally Posted by sparko3671

Just got the kids Xbox360 in the post today. In the interests of being a good dad I had to take it out of the box and test it as I don't want any sad faces come xmas day.

I was intrigued that the hard drive although 60GB has only about 52GB available. I've done a few searches and see this appears to be the norm. What exactly does it use these missing GBs for as the arcade version doesn't have a hard drive?

Thanks

Mike

Very impressive parenting its exactly the approach I am planning to take when my two are old enough that I can pretend I am buying consoles or them!

[sparko3671]

Thanks guys

I'm just glad 20GB wasn't an option as I would have felt royally ripped off

[smallclanger]

Microsoft reserve that missing part of the drive for other things, game updates etc.