The shiny PS3's you can see every spec of dust and every oily fingerprint. The slim is not cheap looking at all, ive actaully beaten mine up a little bit by accident dropping it and it still looks brand new. Don't let the cheap looking fool you. But yea I dont like having the 4 usb's but I got a adapter from china for $1 that makes it have four ports. Glad to hear you might be getting a ps3. Any games thinking bout getting yet?