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XBox 360 Laptop Mod Created

Posted by Zonk on Mon Sep 11, 2006 01:15 PM
from the work-of-art dept.
XBox (Games) Hardware Hacking
Heffenfeffer writes "Benjamin J. Heckendorn has custom-built an XBox 360 laptop. It features a 17" widescreen 1280x720 progressive-scan HD display, breakout ports for VGA and component inputs, built-in Wi-Fi, and even an integrated keyboard — all in a 14 pound, 2.8 inch thick enclosure. A journal of its construction is also available for those wanting to make their own. As this was built on commission, you're welcome to ask him to build you another one, but 'beware of sticker shock.'"
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    • Re:Already reported here (Score:4, Funny)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday September 11 2006, @01:19PM (#16082826)
      Once something's been reported on one blog, it may never be reported on any other web site. Ever.
        • Yes, before posting a story the editors should be expected to check every other website out their for possible prior posting. Since they're doing such a great job with checking grammar and spelling in submissions they clearly have enough time for this...

          Or I have a better idea, if you come across something interesting that hasn't been posted to slashdot, why don't you submit it?
            • This sort of thing is more common on Digg, where someone makes a post saying this or that has been posted elsewhere. If you had been the first person to do this sort of thing, you might not have gotten the reaction you did, but by now it's kind of old and people are well aware that there are other sites with the same information, and that it's a fairly frequent occurrence. It's not a big deal that it happens, but the volume of people bringing it up makes it seem that way, and it's built to what feels like a

        • Re: (Score:3, Insightful)

          by generic-man (33649)
          I don't really care what Joe User's blog has to say about this project. Slashdot offers exactly as much insight as OhGizmo! and all ther other blogs that publish a paragraph with a link.

          Just because some blog covered this story before Slashdot did doesn't make that blog the authority on the subject. Have we learned nothing from ordinary news outlets trying to "scoop" one another?
  • The server's been dead for hours...

    • Re:not /.ed (Score:5, Funny)

      by Rob T Firefly (844560) on Monday September 11 2006, @01:41PM (#16083052) Homepage Journal
      The server's been dead for hours...
      Well, someone tell Ben Heck to fix his damned webserver (which is probably a 3x5" unit in his butt pocket that also plays Neo Geo carts) so we can get on with slashdotting it!
      • I'd mod that funny but it was my post that set you up... On 2nd thought, considering who we're talking about, maybe insightful would be more accurate...
      • he probably took the server down because of all the extra bandwidth charges and all. being a hardware hacker, he probably posts his stuff on the web for fun and never intended to get 2000 hits in 5 minutes because someone at a high trafic site decided to link directly to his server instead of a mirror somewhere. BTW, there are mirrors or caches server availible that all you need to do is place the cache servers name in front of the website wishing to be mirrored.

        Something like http://freecache.org/http://ww [freecache.org]
  • ...but does it use a Sony battery?
  • It isn't very portable with that kind of weight.

  • Benjamin J. Heckendorn (Score:3, Funny)

    by xxxJonBoyxxx (565205) on Monday September 11 2006, @01:26PM (#16082908)
    Benjamin J. Heckendorn
    When his site comes back up, please ask if he has any "Grey Poupon"...
    • When his site comes back up, please ask if he has any "Grey Poupon"...
      No, he emptied out the grey poupon bottle to use as a case for his latest portable playstation mod, which is apparently also doing duty as his webserver at the moment.
    • Dude, that's freaking hilarious.

  • Coral cache works (Score:3, Informative)

    by DynamicBits (542509) on Monday September 11 2006, @01:29PM (#16082939) Homepage

    Normally, once the site is dead it is too late for the Coral cache, but we lucked out this time. Images and everything!

    http://www.benheck.com.nyud.net:8090/Games/Xbox360 /x360_page_1.htm [nyud.net]

    • I have to say... NICE!

      What a very nicely built unit. The final look, while a tad chunky, is very much in keeping with the 360 styling, and would make for a really, really nice portable gaming rig.

      I am so very much not keen on the water cooling, but I just never trust having liquid flowing around inside any computing equipment... surely they'll leak someday? Surely?

      Anyway, nice, nice work.
  • The site might not but up but they do have a zip file of the photos available through a mirror. http://skytroniks.com/benhell/XBOX360_LAPTOP_PHOTO PACK.zip [skytroniks.com] Soon to be ./'ed?

  • More importantly... (Score:5, Interesting)

    by Otter (3800) on Monday September 11 2006, @01:33PM (#16082978) Journal
    It features a 17" widescreen 1280x720 progressive-scan HD display, breakout ports for VGA and component inputs, built-in Wi-Fi, and even an integrated keyboard -- all in a 14 pound, 2.8 inch thick enclosure.

    Also note -- water-cooled! Which also explains the 14 pounds.

  • Laptop? (Score:3, Informative)

    by Jeff DeMaagd (2015) on Monday September 11 2006, @01:38PM (#16083036) Homepage Journal
    Laptop is a misnomer for most mobile computers, mostly because they tend to run very hot. The manuals generally say to not use them on laps or any soft surface. This is why most advertising, manuals and other text says they are notebooks. The misnomer is doubly so for this thing, though probably because of the weight. It's more like a luggable.
    • At least they didn't try to call it a 'handheld.' (Since that's what they usually call portable game consoles.)

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