A news article I was reading online the other night said something interesting about new XBox's.

First, it claimed that Thomson drives are NO LONGER being used for new XBox's (read: ones made this year), only Philips and Samsung, with Samsung becoming more common. And that if you ever have to send your XBox back to Microsoft for a drive problem, they will replace it with a Samsung.

Second, it also claimed that Microsoft had RUN OUT of the 8 Gig HD's they had been using in older models and was now using 20 Gig HD's for the new units (the ones with Samsung drives).

Can anyone confirm or deny this?

And is there anyway without opening the unit to see what size HD you have?

I'd be curious to check mine, becuase although it was originaly made last year it was refurbished by EB less then six months ago and has a Samsunng drive in it.