[JJ @ Jun 24th 2007 10:30PM]

That's what I've noticed as well about the PS3 being taken apart. It was quite well built for a video game system. There were metal plates for RF interference shielding between the wireless LAN, the PSU, and the board. The Emotion chip, RSX chip, and the main CPU are cooled via a large heatsink, of which two are connected to it via heatpipes. A large fan cools the heatsink in turn. Whenever my friends turn on their 360 and then turn on the PS3, the PS3 is quieter. They've also noticed that the PS3 was cooler than the 360. They put their hands near the vents and the 360 was already pretty hot after 5 to 10 min. of turning it on. My friends are already on their second 360 unit. The first died a year after they bought it. The second 360 unit is already experiencing problems and it's only three months since they bought it. So far, the current problems is graphics corruption while playing games for thirty minutes and the noise of the DVD drive increasing after watching a DVD movie for two hours. They haven't noticed discoloration or screen blackouts, yet. I wouldn't be surprised if they replace their 360 unit for a new one two to four months from now. Microsoft really does need to rethink how they design their systems and look to Sony and even Nintendo for inspiration.