Question about xbox live silver membership?

Question

please could someone state the differences between gold and silver membership. as im not sure what i can do with just silver.

Answer 1

go 4 the gold

Answer 2

With a silver membership, you can only talk, like messaging, to other people and get stuff marketplace. With gold, you can play games such as halo 3 with other people and talk to others. So if you actually wanna play, get gold

Answer 3

You can't play on line if you don't have gold membership. With silver you can only go to the dashboard marketplace.