ben heck’s ps3 laptop hits the streets [casemod]

April 10th, 2008 comments (8) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob

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.

PS3 Laptop by Ben Heck

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.

PS3 Laptop by Ben Heck

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.

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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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comments (8):

  1. technabob says:

    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.

  2. overklokan says:

    very cool, really …

  3. D.Rascal says:

    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

  4. nate says:

    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

  5. cole smith' ben hodges says:

    thats welll good mate
    when does it hit the streets and do you know what the price is ?:)x

  6. Rohit says:

    i wish to have one of those!!

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