Originally posted by: ValeYard13
Hi all, this is ValeYard from waaaay back on the Seattle forum, glad to see you guys from back then are still happy and now Jasperfied.
As you may know, I crumbled a few weeks b4 Jasper first contact and have a lot 0838 Falcon; it's ok, I'm not bitter However, I live in Germany atm, and there is very little Jasper joy in my area. Yeasterday I went to a local, quite large, electronics store in Mainz (the capitel town of a state). There were plenty of Arcades there, all ADUE 0839, I looked at A LOT of amperage readings, I must have looked like a crazy, and they were all 14.2. The 60 GB Premiums were still 0838, like the one I bought almost a month ago.
I think it will take a while for the Jaspers to seep through here, although they are more difficult to id, since they are being repackaged. Regarding Pros and Elites, it may take even longer, because you guys in the US seem to be finding Pros etc. with team CSON and I've NEVER seen a CSON in Europe.
btw, @ dudewheresmyjasper: Peter Moore once said in an interview, he felt the vertical position was better for ventilation. I agree, because the side of the xbox that gets warm is the side with the Mobo underneath it, which just happens to be the side it lies on horizontally, just like the Wii, which also gets warm there. Plus, vertically the xbox is surrounded by more air volume than horizontally. That said, if you have a Jasper, I wouldn't worry anyway, and the temperature difference between horizontal and vertical shouldn't be that great. Just do what you prefer, cause horizontally the bottom vent is completely free and can suck even more cool air.
So maybe I'll see some of you freshly baked Jasper-owners on live. U can find me under my handle here. CU