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The platinum is the original 'premium' XBox 360 - so if you don't care about the Elite with HDMI 1.2 and 120GB for for $480...

and just want an XBox 360 in time for the Halo 3 Beta,

you can get this one for $299 using the checkout code "GEEKBOX2"

I guess if you don't want to spend $400 on a new one, and want to eventually get a new one when the 65nm come out in the future, yet you want to play Halo 2, Halo 3, Gears of War, etc. NOW, this might make sense.

http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?InvtId=XBOX360-PLATINUM-R&AID=10440852&CJPID=1798476&cm_ven=CJ&cm_pla=1798476&cm_ite=REDIRECT-ProductSpecific_Text_9-11-2006&cm_cat=1635414