Originally Posted by
Exoduso
You might as well get a PS3 to be honest... unless you don't plan on picking one up for a long time, in which case you should buy the slim.
My "fat" PS2 started acting up about a year and a half ago, and I exchanged it for the slimmer version. Oddly enough, though, my old PS2 could still play FFXI just fine through the HDD, but it refused to read any DVDs or games (Even after cleaning it inside and out.)
The slim version works great and it's easier to clean it since the lens are so easily accessible in case it gets dirty or whatnot.