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They say the slimmer version develops disk read errors even faster.

Sheesh, I hope not. My PS2 experience has been *exactly* like my PS1 experience. The console was problem free for a year, then it started having odd loading problems for about a year, and then after that it was a ritual complete with tribal drums, incantations, and live sacrifices to get the unit to load any type of game or cd. Remember how the initial PS1 "fix" was to turn the console upside down? I remember using FAQs that explained how to manually tune the "F BIAS" screw that fixed it for a period too.

My PS2 was one of the year one units, and it developed the DRE error. I was able to ship it to Sony and they fixed it free of charge. The unit worked the way it was supposed to for about 3-4 months, and then went back to regular DREs. There's FAQs out there explaining how to re-tune the laser head, but I was in no mood to go through that. I bought the slimmer model almost a year ago to replace it, and it was my hope that, like the late model PS1s, they had the kinks ironed out so that it wouldn't happen anymore.

With that kind of track record, I worry about investing in a brand new Sony console. I can only hope they postpone the games I want long enough that the console will come down in price.