To Elite or not to Elite?

So, since there is still no good reason to own a PS3 (other than as a Blu Ray player) I am going back and forth trying to decide if I should get a 360 Elite.  I really dig the black color.  The bigger hard drive is starting to become a necessity.  HDMI is also a plus.  I would probably just move my old 360 to the downstairs tv so the kids could play so that's another plus.  The problem is I don't want to buy another system only to have a better version come out in a few weeks/months.

I have heard rumblings that the new Elites may perhaps contain an integrated HD-DVD drive.  That makes me want to wait.  After jumping on the 360 bandwagon at launch only to be plagued with problems and updated/better systems coming out shortly afterwards, I don't want to be too hasty (aka take it in the rear again).  But, I do loves my gadgets.  And, as I will soon be finishing out my home theater room, the Elite is looking more and more like a good thing. 

I guess I should wait until after Christmas at least.  Maybe there will be some sort of announcement about the HD-DVD stuff around the new year.  They gotta give us something to be excited about during the first quarter draught.

In other news, huge re-org again at work.  Nothing like radically changing the structure of our company and introducing the possibility of more "reductions" right before the holiday break.  A vacation just isn't the same unless you can worry the whole time about still having a job when you come back.  We already get to look forward to pay cuts, higher benefits costs and unknown raises and bonuses.  Just another in a long line of cost cutting measures that are all too common these days.  All this in the midst of record setting earnings and sincerest thanks and congratulations from the high ups.  Confusing.  Oh well, keeps things fun I guess.  Just thankful for what I do have.