Xbox 360 Slim Laptop Slims Down
May 18th, 2011
I’ve seen quite a few Xbox 360 laptops over the years, but I have to say that this one is the skinniest one I’ve seen to date. James Terry of Darkuncle Custom Gaming built this slimline Xbox 360 laptop that measures just 2.5″ thick, 14.25″ long and 9.75″ deep.
James managed to not only slim down the Xbox 360 Slim in laptop form, but he did it all without chopping up the core motherboard, DVD drive, or hard drive. Sure, there’s still an external power brick, but you wouldn’t want to cram that thing inside your laptop now, would you?
The slimline laptop weighs just under 9 pounds, and the main housing is made from aluminum, with a large laptop monitor attached to the top. By using a proper laptop LCD screen, he’s able to pull the power directly from the Xbox 360 mobo, and doesn’t require any additional power source. He actually used the 12v pin from the Kinect port to power the LCD – so I assume you probably can’t use a Kinect with this – but would you really want to with a laptop anyhow? The portable is cooled by three fans, so it should run a low risk of overheating.
Under the hood, there’s also a 10-watt amplifier and built-in stereo speakers for plenty of sound. Again – all powered by the main power supply. On the back of the laptop are 4 USB ports, Ethernet and VGA outputs.
Check out the full build details in the video below:
James wants to keep working on slimming these down even further, and hopes to build a model under 2″ thick at some point. In the mean time he plans on selling these for around $2250 (USD) over at the Darkuncle website. He plans on offering both 15″ and 17″ versions for the same price, since the parts for the 17″ cost a little more, but the 15″ display is a little harder to work with. He’ll also chop $300 off the price if you send in your own Xbox 360 Slim or by $100 if you choose to go with the 4GB model.
All-in-all, it took James over 400 hours to create this initial 360 slim laptop, and it’s a VERY impressive build.
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i got my 360 to run off of a battery system that can be internalized and no inverter heck other than the batteries you chose its smaller than the original power brick to find out how just send me a email at hi-im-dion@hotmail.com and ask how.
how did you do that i tried to find out but no one will tell me
This looks really cool and I can see a lot people becoming interested in these, especially if the price is right. Now, I don’t know about paying $2250, but I am sure there are some game lovers that would fork over that much. We shall see how this turns out.
Oh, I forgot to ask in my last post, when does he expect to have this available for sale? It would be an awesome idea to have them available by Christmas. A lot of people would love to have something cool like this to give on the Holidays.
The new, thinner model was already listed up on eBay, and sold for $2125:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Xbox-360-Slim-Laptop-Portable-/190573204288
Dark Uncle plans on making more soon.
Wow this looks real cool, and just like a laptop!But still a bit thick for a laptop
The laptop xBox 360 looks cool and all, but $2125? I don’t know if it is worth that price. But, then again, if I can send in my own xBox to shave off $300, I may consider buying one.
I do agree with you. I also love the xBox laptop 360 but I will not get it with that kind of price. Im hands off with that kind of price.
This would be awesome to have during long trips or even plan rides. If the price decreases soon, I’d definitely be interested in getting one. I will keep my eye on this one to see what happens.
Sorry, I forgot to ask in my last post…how often is his blog updated so I can check back on the pricing? Thanks.
Not sure. You might want to drop him an email. His contact info is listed here: http://www.darkunclecustomgaming.com/contact.html
Hi, i have started my mod but how exactly is the monitor hooked up. I have an old dell latitude that got blue screen but thats the HDD the screen still works good. See the monitor is 19inch and is HD. I like to recycle my products for mods as i dont like to waste money as i paid for the laptop and i know there is bits i can use. A response would be cool. I would end up building and selling my laptops for around $400 each if you send one in. $600 from scratch. But this is not available until i can find an answer to my screen question.
Cheers Guys