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Xbox 360 Elite Laptop

Ariel_Wollinger — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:31:56 EDT

screw the metric system? really? nothing is more awkward than feet, pounds and farenheit... C'mon , metric is Waaaaay easier... 1 liter of water is 1 kilogram. 1 liter is 1000 cubic centimeters. Water freezes at 0 celsius and boils at 100. can it be easier? 21st century anyone? using body parts for measurements is so medieval.

Ariel_Wollinger

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Eschguy — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:08:26 EDT

How much would it cost for him to make me one? I really want it...

Eschguy

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XxPhycoPathicXx — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 03:42:54 EDT

yes man that is so sick i wanna buy it from u dude they should sell it to me because the CSI will track u down and kill u and i'll steal it from u

XxPhycoPathicXx

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winterwarloc — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 15:32:06 EST

@ Menotyou Im guessing you dont get out of your house much

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MeNotYou — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:58:30 EST

Oh yes. This is MUCH less tacky than a digital photo frame. /sarcasm off

MeNotYou

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Bachblast — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 23:23:05 EST

Now, if I can just get him to do that with my Atari 5200 ...that would be awesome. (where's my rubics cube?)

Bachblast

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Rizzuh — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:21:19 EST

oh and... OH MY GOD do I want one of those things. SO badass it is undescribable

Rizzuh

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Rizzuh — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 21:17:49 EST

Yeah, I was under the impression that the RROD issue was for the most part fixed, just so long as your 360 is not crammed into a tight-space like in an entertainment center or between other electronics, which can add to the poor heat dissipation. I have had a black 360 Elite for 8 months and have had absolutley ZERO problems with it.

Rizzuh

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djdare — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:49:21 EST

@pixelfish: The RROD is a result of overheating due to poor heat dissipation in the original chassis. In his original 360 laptop Mr. Heck utilized a liquid cooling system, which would help with th overheating and thus the RROD.

djdare

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squish123 — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:44:32 EST

Mr. BenHeck does not "have too much free time on his hands" I believe he now makes a living with his modding. His skill is astounding and he should absolutely have a chair at one of the big 3 game companies.

squish123

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naciremadream17 — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:03:51 EST

this guy should work for xbox and make this a product
i would really go buy this it would be nice for the ppl on the go

naciremadream17

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krokus — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 18:24:08 EST

You can bet his mod will out-live the average 360.

krokus

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Roflcopter_Down: Wants you to follow HIM! — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:40:14 EST

I love the Bioshock intro.

Roflcopter_Down: Wants you to follow HIM!

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rimplestultskin — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 17:08:56 EST

that console is amazing. even by heckendorn's standards, this is possibly his best system yet besides the atari 800 laptop. or actually, screw the 800, going old school isnt as cool as going perfect.

and *knock on wood* let's hope ben doesnt red ring it!

rimplestultskin

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BigViper — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:03:09 EST

thats some impressive shit!

BigViper

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Rizzuh — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:35:51 EST

I now know that Ben Heck's license plate number is 173-FHM Ah hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahha

Rizzuh

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kdorff — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 15:32:24 EST

My my that is uber-cool. I want one! That would be so sweet for traveling. I can only wish it had a headphone jack and a 6 or 8 hour battery for those cross-country flights. Imagine the heads you would turn playing a 360 on the plane. Even as is: awesome.

kdorff

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pixelfish — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:52:34 EST

@Kaiser-Machead: By built much better are you implying he went out and built the hardware himself, or used better quality hardware and rewrote the drivers so the XBOX firmware would support the better quality hardware? Either way, if he gets the RROD, which is an error on the motherboard (not a replaceable part) he needs a new motherboard or to fix the old one, which is the main part of the system.

pixelfish

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Voohoo — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:44:26 EST

Any word on the battery life of this sucker??

lol, probably doesn't have

Voohoo

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chopstickhero — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:40:29 EST

sick!

chopstickhero

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theelk801 — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:32:56 EST

@soulman:
This is his job. These mods are expensive to buy.
@savager:
He's making one.

theelk801

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shift_nismo — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:30:46 EST

this guy is a monster!

shift_nismo

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nailscars — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:26:39 EST

Before XBOX live came about this would have been even better, but if you could get it to dual boot windows this would be a great little LAN machine. Come on MS make us a consumer version.

nailscars

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strider_mt2k — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:08:30 EST

The guy tops himself each and every time.

I swear I'm building a temple to him.

strider_mt2k

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Viva La Volvo — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:37:04 EST

@pixelfish: i was thinking the same thing, i work for a major retailer and i see thoes SOBs come in 3 or 10 times a day for RROD and other xbox issues

Viva La Volvo

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savager — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 13:18:46 EST

call me when he makes a ps3 laptop.

savager

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Kaiser-Machead's LEGO WALL-E — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:44:54 EST

@pixelfish: This thing is likely built much better than the regular XBox, so he's probably not worried about RROD.

Kaiser-Machead's LEGO WALL-E

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discounteggroll — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:27:52 EST

that's fucking impressive (coming from a fanbois perspective)

discounteggroll

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MonkeyHammer — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:13:47 EST

I like the Bioshock parody at the start more than the laptop XBox, but there you go.

MonkeyHammer

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sirtalis — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 12:11:02 EST

Ben, once again: WOW!

sirtalis

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workingonyourinvoice — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:54:14 EST

@pixelfish: Considering what he's accomplished, I don't think that's going to be too much of an obstacle.

workingonyourinvoice

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pixelfish — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:48:15 EST

so what happens if the xbox he modded gets the RROD? It's not like he can just send in that laptop version to be replaced. It's impressive, but far too possible it will crash and he'll have to built another

pixelfish

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tsatsut — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:41:55 EST

great!!!

tsatsut

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inkedfusion — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:41:02 EST

I wonder if it has a Video out! That would be even better! Compact, Portable but keeping the ability to hook up to a MASSIVE HD TV

inkedfusion

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workingonyourinvoice — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:39:17 EST

I don't even like 360 all that much, but that is teh hotness. He needs to be on MS payroll like last year.

workingonyourinvoice

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stonefry — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:32:56 EST

can I haz xbawks plz

stonefry

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soulman — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:26:47 EST

this man clearly had too much time on his hands, but this is the coolest thing ive seen in a while

soulman

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Altanader — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:24:47 EST

What is impressive to me is his factoring of:
Space constraint
Power Consumption
Heat Dissipation

and most impressively (to me) the custom parts! Jeez!

Mod God is right.

Altanader

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lilevil15 — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:17:40 EST

thats sick, no only if someone knew sony srchitecture and built a ps3 laptop, i would buy that no questions asked. someone get one that then let me know what u got

lilevil15

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leaverus — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:17:31 EST

Sweet....me want!

leaverus