I have been looking to by my first xbox360 for some time now and have been following the threads at 8bitjoystick blog post for months! I was saddened when people started losing hope and began saying that they had no idea if it would be coming anytime soon now that they were finding the revision 3 falcons. When November came around with still no sighting of a Jasper on that site, I decided I would wait until after Thanksgiving to buy an Elite with the latest manufacture date I could find at my local Best Buy. Last night I came across an 837 Elite with a manufactured date of 9/09/08 (I know, I know, it?s nothing compared to what other people are finding but I?ve called every Gamestop in a 200 mile radius and looked at 3 Best Buys and they still have consoles manufactured last year!) Anyway, I was planning on picking up my new Elite today but I decided to check the forums one last time since I hadn?t looked in a week or so. I skimmed through what I had missed and as I expected, it didn?t seem that anyone had found a Jasper yet. I also noticed that the forum had been closed and everyone decided to move here, so naturally I followed. I have to admit I wasn?t expecting what I found here posted by JasperHunter. So now there is definite confirmation of a Jasper sighting? I noticed the white label in some of the pics that says ?Jasper 1 weeks run ? S22? that appears to actually be stuck to the motherboard. If this image is legit, did anyone think there would actually be a sticker that flat out says ?Jasper? on it?
http://pictures.xbox-scene.com...60/jasper/6c3f98b6.jpg
I swear I have the worst luck! I mean seriously, the last post I read was on November 18 when 8bitjoystick stated that he ?honestly has no idea when the Jasper Xbox is going to be out?. This was when I decided I was through waiting and was going to buy one when I got back from vacation. And then ONE week later someone finds a Jasper!? I am so glad I decided to look at the forums again. It looks like I will be waiting a little longer after all.
So I have a few questions as well..
1.) Is the only way to be sure it is a Jasper without opening the box to look through the little window at the date and number as well as the 12.1A?
2.) Have there been any confirmed jasper Elites yet
3.) Is there a way to find out information about the psu and the internal memory without opening the box? If not, are there any stores that will allow you to return the console after the box has been opened? I feel stupid asking this, but how are people posting all this information about several different consoles from several different stores without opening them? The last Game Stop I went to told me that if I opened the box, I would not be able to return it. Is this not true?
4.) I noticed from some pictures that the team and lot # can be found on the back of the box but I don?t remember seeing this on the boxes I have looked at. Do some boxes not provide this information or am I just over looking it?
Finally?
JasperHunter posted a link to pictures of ?Jasper?s guts?. Does anyone have pictures of the previous Falcons that can be compared to these Jasper pics? It would be really nice to see side-by-side pics showing the differences in the sizes of the GPU chip and the CPU, as well as the placement of chips, heatsinks, etc.
p.s. I find it rather amusing that some people?s wives/girlfriends are laughing at their obsessions with finding Jasper. Am I the only one with the opposite situation here? I?m female and am just as intent on getting a jasper as the next dude. Meanwhile my boyfriend, who is a huge gamer but doesn?t care to even know what jasper is, is laughing at me while having a blast playing GOW2. We?ll see who?s laughing when he has to send his xbox in for the 3rd RROD and ends up gameless for weeks again.
oh and Sal NJ: don?t count on the Jewish kids clearing the shelves. They?re on top of the Jasper hunt too
-old Jewish kid looking for Jasper