I've dropped my 360 from a 2 foot height and the things still works as if it's new. How how how do you people break these things?
I used to think that all the people with broken 360s had to be doing something stupid. I took good care of mine, made sure it had plenty of ventilation, moved it carefully, etc. Then one morning I gently switch it from standing vertical to laying flat and bam, E74 system error, otherwise known as the wonderfully descriptive "general hardware failure".
At least Microsoft was cool enough to ship me a new one within about a week.