22. I saw this earlier on Engadget. It just amazes me that not only did he pull it off so perfectly, but he even managed to make it water-cooled in the process. This guy is my hero.
Posted at 2:21PM on Sep 11th 2006 by tiuk
23. omg where ams teh leds!! hackaday plz start shows me sume reel hax k thanks steve
Posted at 3:37PM on Sep 11th 2006 by steve
24. I have been a long time reader of hack a day and a member of the benheck forums for a year and a half, and this thing beats every other portable made (some get pretty close, the 360p loses a bit from no batteries, but no biggie). And steve, you are a moron. thats it, you are a moron. you couldn't even make a gameboy portable, much less a 360p.
26. what sort of hack is this this is hack a day bring some reel hacks this is not one whoever came up with this needs to find a reeal hack and stop posting this rubbish in britain you dont find this rubbish
Posted at 5:22PM on Sep 11th 2006 by steve
29. That is sweet
Cache
http://benheck.com.nyud.net:8080/Games/Xbox360/x360_page_1.htm
Posted at 7:23PM on Sep 11th 2006 by Josh Powers
30. the 360 would never run off a battery for long enough to make it worth the added weight. Sick mod i can't believe how professional it looks!
Posted at 7:40PM on Sep 11th 2006 by aksarf
31. nice, but i would have opted for a keyboard-less monitor mounted contraption. Less portable but better suited for it's usage. Still, I think there's money to be made doing that. Not so expensive for a gaming laptop/ media viewer at all.
If only the 360 weren't so bulky and hot. Reminds me: the (late) psx's form factor was perfect. Sexy thing...
Posted at 7:55PM on Sep 11th 2006 by Dave
32. i can see myself on this, xbox live, oohhh yeah keyboard built in, this is the greatest thing ever, he should start mass production now
Posted at 8:22PM on Sep 11th 2006 by digitallysick
33. Also seen on Engadget with a snide comment about it needing "magsafe" for the power cord.
http://www.engadget.com/2006/09/11/ben-heckendorns-xbox-360-laptop-best-mod-ever/
34. IMHO i HATE this new software. I don't like the 'show next comments' button. Why can't there be a 'Show all comments' button?
Posted at 9:59PM on Sep 11th 2006 by neg
35. Love the hack!!! Not that it takes away one bit, but I have a few things I wonder why he didn't do:
1) Slim DVD drive?
2) The radiator could have been much smaller if smaller copper plates had been used. Would probably make it lighter too. JBWeld is also an insulator, sodering the plates would probably have helped a lot.
3) Epoxying the watercooling stuff to help prevent leaks?
4) Maybe with a slim DVD and a smaller, more efficient radiator he could have fit a battery in there?
Anyway... As a said before none of that takes away from the accomplishment one bit. I know I couldn't do a hack half as hardcore as that. Seriously 1337.
Posted at 11:32PM on Sep 11th 2006 by Tillin9
36. 1. glad to see comments are alive again
2. they new skin looks like crap
In any case, great hack... I will admit water cooling was a little, umm, bold... Why not use heatpipes? In the time he spent debugging the watercooling he could have probably mastered them; and they don't leak ;)
And I think you could have found a slightly more elegant power cord solution... With the $$$$ you spent on this, seems like a decent connector should have been in the budget...
Also, if I were to build this I would have dumped the flip screen and just mounted the screen in the top (ie tablet style) and dumped the keyboard. Just include a usb port and keep a keyboard in your car... That should have greatly simplified the build... I would have made it slightly larger so that you could fit the power supply in the box... Just an IEC power cord on the back.
As to battery power... The battery in my laptop is good for 50w/hrs and weighs just under a pound. If you wanted 2hrs of play time and the xbox was drawing the 200w That is only 10 batteries... (with derating for the high current draw) So you can go from 20lbs to 30lbs and have a portable xbox360... And of course you could make it detachable...
Posted at 11:36PM on Sep 11th 2006 by ...
37. absolutely fantastic.....you really are a genius...
microsoft and sony really should offer you millions.
ideas like that a like rockin horse S**T...
WELL DONE MATE
Posted at 2:37AM on Sep 12th 2006 by steve
38. Its not the 3ghz cpu's, its the poor cooling, and watercooling so long as the parts are sufficient should be fine...
Steve you are a dumb ass
-Fragged
Posted at 4:52AM on Sep 12th 2006 by Fragged
39. That is so awesome! Looks great too.
Posted at 7:50AM on Sep 12th 2006 by Dylan Field
40. fraggd why dont you go and defragg yourself i think you got the dumb ass bit round the wrong way mate
Posted at 8:00AM on Sep 12th 2006 by steve
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21. yes must admit like this very much keep up the good work
Posted at 1:58PM on Sep 11th 2006 by steve