On the one hand the so-called "Red Ring of Death" is not the glow of all pilot lights. It is the glow of three of the four segments of the Ring of Light on the console. Secondly, it is officially confirmed that in the Halo Edition of 65 nm chip is working, the "Red Ring of Death" should therefore be no longer an issue. Information on volume of the drive: Yes, it can interfere when you play on built television speakers, for example. But if one gets a Dolby Digital-capable full HD console of the current generation, one should also think about purchasing appropriate equipment, because an otherwise lost much. The fact is, when I turn on my 5.1 system, the noise of the console is no longer heard even in dim room volume. In addition, in the newer product lines already quieter drives are installed. One would indeed like to make in the PS3, simply mount with a very slow and therefore quiet drive and then deliver a bigger hard drive on which you have to install the games swap files because the drive would otherwise not make. Whether the need is to know even now really better each. However, it is complete nonsense to assume that if you have a 360 buys sooner rather than later will give up the ghost and to refrain for this reason it. The console has definitely the best games available on the market (who has some idea of games must be confirmed), has (at least yet, maybe it create the programmer someday from the PS3 tease out more) the most sophisticated games and simply best Online Services, not to mention the (in my opinion) the best controller ever made.
Conclusion: Halo Edition Xbox360 thus embodies all the advantages of the console (plus HDMI), while eliminating the serious disadvantage (Red Ring of Death), if that is not clear buy recommendation, then I do not go on.