When will Microsoft make XBOX 360 without the Red Rings of Death and improve the quality of the system?

[tiny123]

See, I want to buy the 360, when it's quality is at its highest which I assume will be in a year. But I'm not sure exactly when that is. Also Halo 3 will go down in price a lot in a year which is also good.
XBOX 360 - 33% failure rate.
PS3 - .02% failure rate.

........................(I think)

[heyo]

I'm not sure if microsoft will ever be able to fully understand and prevent the red rings of death problem, since even the newest consoles still have the problem. Also, when they repair systems, the systems can still get the red rings again. Since they haven't found a fix yet, I doubt that they ever will. However, with the Falcon Chipset (basically a smaller, cheaper CPU) coming out, they should become more reliable. No guarantees though.

[u-Assist]

Microsoft is in the process of manufacturing and shipping new hardware in all 360s. Codenamed "falcon", this revision includes the new 65nm processors and all new heatsinks. It is thought that the processors, besides being cheaper to make, will run cooler. Together with the new heatsink, this is hoped to reduce the amount of heat building up inside the system, causing the RROD problems.

When will 360s with Falcon show up? Good question. Microsoft won't say. Fans have already figured out that the Halo Edition of the 360 that were part of manufacturing batch 734 seem to contain the new hardware. However, there are also batches 732 and 733 which seem to include the older hardware.

The other models - Core/Arcade, Pro/Premium and Elite - will eventually use the same Falcon hardware as well, but it's really going to depend on how fast people buy up the older stock so stores are forced to use newer boxes. Everything I've read seems to indicate Falcon should be on shelves "sometime this fall".

You can be sure that when this does happen, it's going to be all over all of the 360 and video game-related websites, so keep your eyes open. I like http://www.joystiq.com myself as they cover all platforms, not just the 360.

Of course, the changes and improvements don't end with Falcon... There's already talk of Microsoft moving to even smaller/cooler/cheaper processors next Summer. While none of these changes will affect the 360's ability to play games at all, cheaper parts mean cheaper 360s for us.

[NullPointer]

at the end of this year or early next year.........but there is always going to be chance of getting it

[djree]

next year or this they will putting falcon chips making it cooler.