Great system for an ever changing gamer world

I have owned many gaming systems and consider myself and my boyfriend avid gamers. I have always loved Xbox and have wanted the 360 since it game out, but the price is a bit high. I noticed that there were many new games coming out for the console and many people I talked to said it was an amazing system. We loved playing Halo and Halo 2 and wanted to play Halo 3 but needed to purchase the 360 to play it. They also said that playing on Xbox Live was GREAT so I finally broke down an purchased it and have not regretted my decision. It game with a free month of Xbox live, a headset to talk on Live and 1 wireless controller. The graphics are amazing, the set up was very easy and navigating through the system is simple. The wireless controllers work effortlessly and since it sits on its side it takes up minimal space. One issue I did have was initially trying to figure out how to configure the controllers, it was easily fixed by reading the manual and I was up and running in no time. The console does make a bit of noise with its fans but that's to be expected.