All this tech is for naught, however, if Microsoft can't build a stable, quality machine. The Red Rings of death plagued myself and everyone I knew over the last 5 years. A variety of polls indicated that at one point

owners had to get their unit repaired. Consumers want to have confidence in their hardware. Informed consumers who have both have the money and are on the bleeding edge do not want to put up with shoddy manufacturing or design. These consumers are Microsoft's target demographic for the first six months the new products life span.