Student-made Xbox 360 laptop channels the Heck out of... well, you know

Few can build 'em like Benjamin Heckendorn. Fewer still bother to try. Two college kids managed to do a bang-up job anyhow building this fully loaded, Jasper-juiced Xbox 360 laptop. With a built-in 17-inch Gateway monitor, keyboard, functioning Xbox Live camera and Wireless Network Adapter, this brick hits all the right notes -- yet remains remarkably stylish for a learn-as-you-go student project. If you agree, you can read a remarkably detailed account of how they built it at the source link, see a proof-of-completion video after the break, or even further their education by purchasing the mean machine on eBay for your very own.

[think before you react Posted Mar 17th 2010 3:22AM]

Definitely a nice lookin mod- even if it is an xbox 360;). Good job.

[Brent1700 Posted Mar 17th 2010 3:23AM]

$2,000? Not worth it. It doesn't have a battery sooo you can't take it anywhere. You also can't hook it up to your tv (yea i know vga... lol). You have to sit down in a chair and stare at the screen in front of you. Why would anyone buy this?

[kojo87 Posted Mar 17th 2010 3:25AM]

@Brent1700 yeah i hate sitting in chairs and staring at screens! this is stupid!

[inestine Posted Mar 17th 2010 3:29AM]

@Brent1700 DUDE. its not about whether its ideal or not, its the fact its custom built, pretty nicely btw, and the fact that its all in one! id say pretty impressive! theoretically u can take this in a backpack, plug it in and play xbox in starbucks! hah. not ideal, but VERY cool! plus, they gotta charge at lest that much to make it worth it. im sure itll sell. im jus too cheap to buy it hhah

[DougieBear Posted Mar 17th 2010 5:10AM]

@Brent1700

Just buy a UPS and carry it around with you.

[SchultzMD Posted Mar 17th 2010 9:46AM]

@DougieBear
that would only probably more than double the weight and only give you like 20 minutes lol

[angermeans Posted Mar 17th 2010 11:57AM]

@kojo87 LOL +1

[bentonbrown Posted Mar 17th 2010 3:25AM]

Ben Heck has once again modded and made another Xbox 360 Laptop. This times he has added some improvements to his older models by including the new Xbox 360 Jasper Motherboard. He has also included a flush CD Drive, an IR port for use with the Xbox 360 remote, and an overall sleeker look. It is really looking very nice.


m3 zero

[FORDY Posted May 7th 2010 2:04PM]

@bentonbrown
Dude... seriously?

[The Jambo Posted Mar 17th 2010 3:32AM]

Awesome for a Proof of Concept, but I would have thought they could get it slimmer.

[EGamerHDK Posted Mar 17th 2010 3:36AM]

It's not meant to be that practical. It's a modification. It's honestly just made for fun/enthusiasts. And according to this... this isn't Ben Heck. Two college students put it together. Nice job guys. I know I can't build that.

[Artanis Posted Mar 17th 2010 3:55AM]

@EGamerHDK

They are selling it on ebay for 2000$ so I don't know about the "just made for fu"n part...

link: http://cgi.ebay.com/Xbox-360-Laptop-Ultimate-Gaming-Machine_W0QQitemZ170459879658QQcmdZViewItemQQptZVideo_Games?hash=item27b03358ea#ht_622wt_917

[EGamerHDK Posted Mar 17th 2010 11:45AM]

@Artanis I'm sure they didn't do it just for the money though.

[engadgetcomexcludeengadget Posted Mar 17th 2010 3:57PM]

@Artanis They probably spent around $1000 on parts, and if they had been working at a job instead of building this, they could've easily made another $500-$1000. It's not unreasonable for them to ask that much, it's just unreasonable for most people to pay it.

[Teslanaut Posted Mar 17th 2010 3:38AM]

Warranty definitely void.

[Brent1700 Posted Mar 17th 2010 3:45AM]

@Teslanaut lol that's the first thing I thought of!

[Benjulious Posted Mar 17th 2010 3:43AM]

Hopefully they remembered the button to connect wireless controllers...otherwise, you're screwed.

[Wekkel Posted Mar 17th 2010 4:09AM]

Perhaps the days of Dr Sinclair will rise again.. ;)

[VojD Posted Mar 17th 2010 4:25AM]

Tripod, tripod, tripod, tripod....

Why must almost every video thats interesting to see be made by someone who didnt get a tripod for the camera? Love the hack but it would be so much nicer to see the vid if it wasnt so much blurriness on it..

[fisher Posted Mar 17th 2010 5:16AM]

Does it really need to have a keyboard? I mean if the XBox did have an internet browser, then it could be worth it as you do need to type a lot. For the Xbox though, wouldn't you be talking most of the time as it is way easier and quicker.

[bbqbspareribs Posted Mar 17th 2010 5:43AM]

The tags made me laugh

[neraz Posted Mar 17th 2010 5:55AM]

Do you think the guys gonna get banned since he modded his xbox?

[Diesel1313 Posted Mar 17th 2010 5:57AM]

Awesome Bro :)

[endgadget Posted Mar 17th 2010 7:06AM]

Is it only me guessing that the fat black tube is meant to pipe fuel to the likely fuel cells in there? Or is that how they deliver broadband where-ever these guys live?

[watermelonpizza Posted Mar 17th 2010 8:02AM]

lets just hope this doesn't get a RROD because i don't think you could send that to microsoft to get fixed... :P

[jimbonics Posted Mar 17th 2010 10:09AM]

awesomeness.

[Snake Robot Podium Posted Mar 17th 2010 10:35AM]

It can't have been that hard since he used the power of a chaos emerald.

[MERGATROYDER Posted Mar 17th 2010 4:42PM]

I always enjoy seeing the 360 mad into a laptop. Ben Heck still does it the best with offering a removable HDD. The thing still weighs a ton though. Carrying around a 360 with 2 controllers and the power brick is a work-out. The 360 with a screen will break a back. Imagine taking that thing to the airport. Not only will you be pulled to the side, but I'm pretty sure they wont allow that beast on the plane. I really want Ben Heck to join forces with someone who could make better cases for him. I think everything looks cheap with all the squared edges.

[MB Posted Mar 17th 2010 5:25PM]

cod4 rules!!!!!!

[whoodzzz Posted Mar 17th 2010 7:07PM]

awesome!

hardly portable but totally cool