: Buy and (easily) install an official Microsoft hard drive (either their 250gb model or, better still, their ultimate 320gb model); and/or buy one or more 32gb flashdrives (temporarily attachable--up to two at a time--to a couple of the console's several USB ports)

I've googled amd asked at gamestop exactly which internal hard drive to get

abd be able to afford an internal hard drive

We'll be purchasing a Halo game coming up though which was my main concern for the small hard drive, and I will update this review, but for basic gaming, 4gb is more than enough

[Note, however, that if you also want to play compatible "original-Xbox" (not just "Xbox-360") game discs, you'll absolutely need to have a hard drive (not just a flashdrive

I got this one ,,it played games ok,, but couldn't save games or scores,, didn't know I had to buy an external hard drive for it,, my fault , got what I paid for.

My son got this from santa a couole of years ago but fied up his hard drive many months ago

Yes it's only a 4GB unit, but I was coming from an Arcade 360 with an older 20GB hard drive attached

The "hard drive" approach is preferable to the "flashdrive" approach, but either approach (or both approaches simultaneously) will suffice

this console is identical to the ubiquitous BLACK Slim 360 console.]Note: The included "4gb" isn't actually a hard drive; it's "onboard" memory

abd be able to afford an internal hard drive

I still have over 2gb left of storage on the hard drive.