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It’s not a secret that Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console isn’t the sturdiest gaming system on the planet: first Microsoft extended the system’s warranty from 90 days to one year, then the company took a $1.15 billion charge to extend the system’s warranty to three years, citing an “unacceptable number of repairs” to its flagship gaming system. In the meantime, Microsoft has quietly revised the Xbox 360 hardware and design, trying to make the consoles sturdier and more reliable.
A new report from Internet titan Google examined the performance of 100,000 consumer-grade hard drives ranging from 80 to 400 GB in capacity in use in Google’s operations since 2001. The report’s conclusions: heavy use and high temperatures may not contribute to drive failure as much as “common knowledge” suggests.
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