i recieved my copy this morning, so far i\'m impressed with it, i installed a 120gb maxtor drive which it detected straight away and took about 90 seconds to format
installing games can take upto 30 minutes for a dvd based game over 4gb such as vice city but the average installation time seems to be around 20 minutes, installed games load alot faster although my ps2 is old and struggles with alot of games especially if the disc isn\'t in good nick so the loading time will seem alot quicker on my ps2 compared to one with a better laser
on the piracy thing, it\'s possible to rent a game and install it to the hd then play it without the original disc and i must admit i will keep games on the hd for a few days after i\'ve taken the disc back, i always rent games before i buy them and if i\'m unsure about a game i\'ll rent it a couple of times to help make my mind up if it\'s worth buying or not, the hd will save me a few £\'s on rentals but if i like a game then i buy it anyway
in the hands of serious gamers i can\'t see a problem with it as most respect and support developers who make good games but it wouldn\'t suprise me if sony tries to get it banned because of the possibilty of copying games
it\'s a shame you can\'t use it to store mc saves but i already have a xport2 so it doesn\'t bother me too much:)
