WOOO! Right, all i need to do now is wait for a small price drop on the core systems

Im a tight bugger.
If i did buy a new one, is it very likely it would be the right kernal?
ALSO - How likely is it that this mod would be able to be turned off so you can play live? Maybe some sort of switch?! AND if not, say if M$ released XviD support and other enhancments via live, it wouldnt really matter now that homebrew is up and running, right?
hold your horses here... homebrew isn't up and running.. you can't just pop it in and launch it homebrew.. you have to use the serial connection to patch in commands... Not exactly user friendly.
But once everything is sorted out, which may take a few months, there might be small homebrew being developed..
I am hoping mainly for a new media center/media center extender program that don't require MCE, but rather a linux OS and syncs with MythTV.. THAT would be a perfect media center extender!
But for live updates, we won't benefit from them until a linux OS is developed, that will let us log, decrypt and 'crack' the new updates on our own systems so we don't end up losing functionality.. This is where things will get tricky.
Good thing is, we can use USB keyboards and mice without hacking them to bits with the 360