ben heck’s xbox 360 laptop rev. 5 is one bad mofo portable system

July 4th, 2009 comments (5) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob

This wouldn’t be the first time that casemodding king Ben Heck has cranked out an Xbox 360 laptop. As a matter of fact, this is the fifth revision of Heck’s portable 360 modding shenanigans. But the fact that he manages to cram such a beefy system into a portable case never gets old for me.

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The Xbox 360 Portable – Revision 5 gives the luggable gaming system a svelte new shell, complete with a 17-inch widescreen LCD monitor, running at 720p resolution. This latest version improves upon Ben’s previous 360 laptops by adding better ventilation, and adds an Ethernet port for wired network access. The previous models only had Wi-Fi, but for the ultimate in network speed, nothing beats a hardwired connection, IMHO.

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The design of the latest revision includes a flush-mounted DVD drawer, and manages to keep the familiar Xbox 360 light ring intact, mounted into the surface of the console, alongside the console’s control buttons and flanked by a pair of tiny stereo speakers. Here’s a pic of the laptop spilling its guts so you can see how it was built.

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But you want to see the Xbox 360 portable in action, don’t you? Ask and ye shall receive. Ben has been kind enough to post a video clip of his handiwork in action here:

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[via Ben Heck's Blog]

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comments (5):

  1. Maj says:

    I’ve never seen a laptop with no keyboard. That’s quite an innovation. I mean, who needs to enter text anyw…

  2. uhhh says:

    its not a laptop.

  3. chalms says:

    hook up a chatpad to the controller
    problem solved

  4. Petz says:

    Seriously, why hasn’t microsoft contacted you to create a new version for them to mass produce? This would be perfect for me because my wife hates going into our gaming room with me. She gets bored. But I still enjoy spending time with her. Normally I just put gaming on the back burner but with this I could still play and hang out while she watches her favorite TV shows…

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