Absolutely love the new interface. Everything feels so much quicker. It actually makes me want to purchase more games on the 360 over any other platform simply due to the experience of using the console. The old dashboard was so slow and clunky in comparison. Even the avatar system isn't that bad. It's actually far more useful than the Miis ever could be simply because the 360 is so much more "connected".
Now I just need to find a 120gb drive. With the rate at which they are disappearing, I hope Microsoft has a larger drive in the wings. My 20gb drive just isn't going to cut it.
I still can't believe that my launch 360 actually made it this far...
Banjo was really quick. Faster than most optional or mandatory PS3 installs and this was 6+ gigs.
I'm not even joking...wow, that's really sad. How the fuck does that happen? ridiculous
There is actually a good reason for it. PS3 installs have more in line with PC installs in that the installer copies a selected group of files to the hard drive. The problem is, copying a large number of smaller files takes significantly more time than copying one large file. This holds quite true on the PC side. It's simply a limitation of the technology. The reason games like DMC4 take so much damn time is that Capcom decided to copy over a huge number of small files. It's the same reason why some PC games take ages to install while others finish quickly. If you want to experience pain try installing the PC version of Shin Sangoku Musou 5. >_<
NXE, however, essentially creates a disc image on the hard drive (a single file). This approach is MUCH faster.