Ben Heck’S PS3 Laptop Hits the Streets [Casemod]
April 10th, 2008
Looks like our favorite god of mods is at it again. This time, Ben Heck has really outdone himself with this amazing feat of engineering — cramming an entire Playstation 3 into a laptop.
The portable PS3 features a slick, glossy black case, and a nice big 17-inch LCD screen running at 720p resolution. The Blu-Ray drive has been retrofitted to be a front-slot-loader, and there’s a full USB keyboard built-in as well. Ben hasn’t revealed too much more about how he built this system yet, but if it’s anything like his past works, it’s a real masterpiece under the hood.
This beast weighs in at a whopping 16-pounds, so it’s arguably more of a luggable than a portable. Regardless, I wouldn’t turn it down if someone wanted to give me one. Ben plans on auctioning off the PS3 laptop for charity, so you might actually get a chance to own this bad boy.
As is usually the case when Ben launches a new mod, his website is taking a bit of a beating. But when the dust settles, head on over and check out all the details.
[via Engadget]
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Categories: Hacks + Mods Video Games
Tags: ben heck black casemod laptop playstation portable ps3 sony
If you’re just catching up with this cool casemod, I added a video clip of it in action. It looks just that much better when it’s playing a game.
very cool, really …
This is truly amazing, if this was mass produced and came with linux out of the box (or even better an XP, Vista or Leopard OS) I would definitely buy this.
Wishlist of it though; ( i like to be nitpicky)
1. any sort of power pack that would make it truly portable
2. if somehow it could be 1080p or 720p
quite amazing really if these intriguing masterpeices are ever 2 be relesed 2 the public i would lie 2 be the first to no great job to you ben and than you
thats welll good mate
when does it hit the streets and do you know what the price is ?:)x
it is said to be priced at 15,000-20,000 and will be released in the year 2010
It is 2011 and I cannot find one to buy. Where do you go to get 1.
i wish to have one of those!!
you should sell it and make a living. Selling it to people like us. Youll make millions
no, he would go to jail. You know it’s illegal to sell to the public these kind of things rite?
how much
DUDE THAT THING IS AWSOM!!!IF THAT EVER HIT THE STREETS, I WOULD GET ONE, but not for the cost…pshhh thats WAYYY too much for that beast…but heyy, thats why we have 5 fingers right… : )…..lol
that wkd were could i get 1