How long has the "arcade" version of the 360 been out for?

[Nvidiaguy07]

and when did it replace the core bundle? I ask this becasue im looking for an Xbox made before 4/24/08 because every xbox after that comes with a lite-on drive (which i dont want).

Im gonna start looking for an xbox made before that date but i want to know if i can just count the arcade version out because possibly every xbox included in this bundle will have a lite-on drive in it?

any help will be appreciated.

 

[darkswordsman17]

This might be helpful to you: http://www.360drives.com/list?v_perpage=50

 

[mugs]

Arcade came out last fall.