Ben Heck Makes a Xbox 360 S Slim 17'' Laptop
Mod God Ben Heck is showing off his latest creation: a modded Xbox 360 Slim that makes the new Microsoft console portable.
The Xbox 360 Slim is slimmer than its predecessor. Like most consoles, it's portable in that it's easy to throw it in the trunk of your car, but like most consoles, it's pretty unsuitable for mobile gaming. Thankfully there are people like Ben Heck to solve these kinds of problems for us.
This past weekend, Heck posted pictures and specs of his newest mod, an Xbox 360 Slim Portable, to his blog. Thanks to Ben's alterations, the console now boasts a 17-inch (1280 x 720) Gateway widescreen LCD display. For cooling, he adopted a fan grate design inspired by his PS3 laptop mod.
Mr. Heck says the Xbox 360 Slim Portable is different to his older models in that it's more compact (about 1.5-inches narrower from left to right and one inch narrower from front to back), features an internal power supply, and is much quieter than previous models. He's also managed to preserve the touch sensitive power and eject buttons of the console.
Check out Ben's blog for more pictures and details on how you can win the laptop pictured. He's also making two more that he'll be selling. Information about that is also available on benheck.com.
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Or you could just buy/make a laptop...
*Just vote down*
Where is the fun or adventure in that? Ben is a pioneer and roll model for modders everywhere.It's like asking "why climb a mountain?". Simply because it is there.
But you could fly over it =p Thats what cool people do
Where is the fun or adventure in that? Ben is a pioneer and roll model for modders everywhere.
It's like asking "why climb a mountain?". Simply because it is there.
"roll model"? I'm sorry, is that something like a roll of toilet paper?
nice, screen is a bit low res but otherwise that is pure awesomesauce.
Or, instead of going through all this trouble, one can, you know, just buy a gaming laptop.
Yeah, laptop gaming is more powerfull and slimmer than that.
That thing is way to thick and probably too heavy. Even if he had weight reduction in mind when he made it, it seems you could achieve the same with a laptop. I would only imagine how powerful a laptop could be if one were that thick however lol. More powerful than an Xbox anyway........
Yes, but could you build your own laptop?
Yes, but could you build your own laptop?
Sites offer custom built laptops, so yes you can build your own laptop.
couldn't he find any thicker monitor !
Looks like every other xbox laptop
Yea, except PC gaming sucks. Oh snap
you must be one of those people whom cant afford a gaming pc...
dont see why he didnt just get a laptop keyboard with touchpad on top of its base, with the cooling fan at the side and/or back. That would have been truly portable.
Sites offer custom built laptops, so yes you can build your own laptop.
All you can do is pick the parts for a barebones....that is hardly building a laptop.....
All you can do is pick the parts for a barebones....that is hardly building a laptop.....
I guess by your logic...All you can do is pick parts to build any computer. So I guess computers are not built either. You choose a barebones that has the board features and screen you want and add to it. Just like picking the board you want and adding to it.
Useless but this guy enjoys hacking about in things so good on him.
I appreciate the time, effort and ability this takes, but I'm not sure how viable it really is. It just doesn't look small enough to be truly portable. I think I would rather just carry a 360 and a monitor separately if for some reason I needed it to be portable.
Yea, except PC gaming sucks. Oh snap
How many times did you replace your xbox360? and how much does it cost you to play on xbox live?
you must be one of those people whom cant afford a gaming pc...
You must be one of those people "whom" has improper grammar. Pompous ass.
I've been a fan of Mr. Heck's work for a while. It's always interesting to get new perspectives on design choices for custom projects.
You could buy two nice laptops, build at least 2 really nice gaming rigs, or build one Ludicrous-speed desktop setup for the price of this. I wouldn't buy it unless I was filthy rich.
I would love to build something like this myself though- the main challenge would be finding an elegant yet functional way to handle the power brick (pun fully intended), wireless controller gear, and other non-standard hardware.
that seems like a suit case!!! i think its better to get your xbox and a slim lcd with tape.... i think it will replicate the same but just a bit more abstract
Hee
That's pretty cool.
just buy a laptop... seems like he rediscovered the 20 year old 1st laptop model... at least the dimensions match.
It's like an old DVD player
All you ppl saying OMG make a gaming laptop are excluding two factors. Without Insane hardware and ASTOUNDING Emulation, there is no way in the depths that you will be playing your "OMG YAY SO COOL" Halo reach. And secondly, are u all not aware that this is just a hobby gone media? Stop hating. Mind you microsoft is NOT my gaming platform of choice, but this is still an intriguing concept put into apllication.
All you ppl saying OMG make a gaming laptop are excluding two factors. Without Insane hardware and ASTOUNDING Emulation, there is no way in the depths that you will be playing your "OMG YAY SO COOL" Halo reach. And secondly, are u all not aware that this is just a hobby gone media? Stop hating. Mind you microsoft is NOT my gaming platform of choice, but this is still an intriguing concept put into apllication.
Why was the only game you mentioned be 'Halo?'
you all are idiots the point of this whole thing is to have an all in one package literally plug and play i give him props for building this and all his other portables i myself am building a portable gaming rig and its not super easy so all you bagging on him for the size are stupid if you actually consider the difference between a pc mother board and a laptop mother board obviously one will be smaller than the other and a xbox mother board is basically a pc mother board so if any of you can take a pc mother board and all the extra features you want and can make it the size of a laptop then you can crack on ben heck