The elite’s and all newer modeled xbox 360s (60gb pros and arcades) are different from the older xbox’s,
“Microsoft keeps improving the 360, making it more reliable, cooler, and quieter. Those of us, like me, that got their 360 before even the Zephyr mod came out are probably getting quite pissed at all this. . . Like me. . . But that was okay. . . I got over the fact that they cooled down the system and even added in more visual features that I wish I had.
After that, they released Falcon, which is an improvement on the cooling performance by replacing the big processor with a smalled 65nm processor with the same processing power.. . once again I got over the fact that I had the inferior system simply because I was one of the early supporters and users of the 360. . .I felt my self “1337” because I had such an old system.
Now, on the market is the “Jasper,” which replaced the still 90nm GPU with the smaller 65nm GPU, this is of course a logical step in this systems evolution. This increase in system reliability will most likely bring in some more followers that were afraid of the 360’s legendary RRoD, and once again I will get over not having it as long as my RRoD warranty is still alive and kicking.
Then, in the future (2010ish), they are speaking of bringing in a system change that will revolutionize the 360. This change in system specs will be called “Valhalla” and it will combine the CPU with the GPU into a single super powered 65nm Processor. This change will mean only one cooling system will be necessary. Thus eliminating a lot of the noise, improving reliability, reducing RRoD,”
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/digitaljoystick/archives/132014.asp
– if your elite is a newer model it probably wont have an RRoD (its highly unlikely).
also im pretty sure the elite package should have come with a wireless headset, but no chatpad (which isnt really that useful, i bought one and ended up selling it because it just made my controller heavier and only on rare occasions, like entering credit card information, etc was it useful).
– as for left 4 dead, i will probably be on some time sunday so ill shoot you guys a message.