Playstation 3 - 40GB Review

I wanted a system to be able to play online games and keep my mega-computer virus free.  Store was sold out of the XBox and I wanted something *now* so I ponied up (sucker!) for the playstation with all the bells and whistles, so I really screwed myself. 

I'll be honest.  I generally HATE Sony.  This only furthered my dislike of that company.  If blue ray is the future, then either they are talking about the third millenium, or I'm placing my order for a casket this week, because it is whacked!  Three exchanges later it was
"Give me my money back or call my lawyer, because either you've been repacking my old system in a new box (for a new serial number) or none of these are playable."  Even my 15 year old granddaughter and her boyfriends thought it sucked.  "It's supposed to do that" when they hooked it up and tried to prove it worked - all the while the graphics sputtered and locked up exactly 3 minutes and 20 seconds into their demo game.  The sales girl had to walk away because she couldn't keep a straight face.  When the store's district manager walked past he even commented that they made a mistake in overstocking the PS 3 instead of the xBox.  I didn't care which system I got, I just wanted something besides my computer I could dedicate to game playing without cookies, spyware, and trojans.  The xbox I got at another store still doesn't compete well against the computer graphics, even with the HD-DVD, but it is a lot better than the blueray, and it works and have had zero problems some have complained about it overheating.