360 Slim Packing Power?

We have seen from the Microsoft E3 Presentation that the new 360 is slim enough to fit inside the old 360 case (unless Microsoft used a special enlarged one, but they would not do that would they?) but it seems it might be packing a little something extra in the box.

Engadget have some press pack photos up on their site and the shot of the back of the new 360 ‘slim’ seems to show a standard two-pin mains connector.  That suggests that Microsoft might have got rid of the 360’s power brick and built the power supply into the console, just as the PS3 has always done.

The probable lack of an external power supply is another good reason to consider a 360 upgrade.  Of course the downside is that it means they have packed another heat source into the already fragile 360 innards.  You can be pretty certain though that Microsoft will have taken a very careful look at cooling for this new 360, they will not want to write off another billion dollars or so on warranty and they will want the Kinect-related hardware relaunch to go well.

The photo of the 360’s rear is below and you can head on over to Engadget for the rest of the shots.  While you may not be able to get it today at least you have some more time to think about upgrading or buying into the Xbox brand.

Update: I was wrong.  It has got an external power supply after all, though it is “smaller and more efficient”.  Check out the spec list below.