Since some people have been saying that the debug kits are also black, I thought I might link to a pic of a real debug kit, one that arrived in our office just a few weeks ago (even after those production shots were taken). After seeing the debug kits up close, I can tell you that for one simple reason these units are not debug kits -- because the drive cover is metal. No debug kit uses a metal drive cover; instead it's plastic, the same plastic used on the rest of the unit. And since my kit is about as new as they get, I snapped a picture for you to judge for yourselves:
Xbox 360 Elite production shots
Mar 26th 2007 6:56PM (Joystiq Xbox)http://www.shamblersgame.com/images/360_debug.jpg