Because He Could Part Deux: The Originator's New Portable Xbox 360 Experience
Following on Technabob's Atari 2600 gently crammed in a Sega Game Gear shell, Ben Heck -- the grandfather of all bizarro and beautiful gaming hardware hacks -- has revealed his latest: a new revision of his laptop Xbox 360s. This time Heck notes:
It differs from my past Xbox 360 laptops in several ways:* Removable standard Xbox 360 hard drive for easy profile/data swapping
* Both memory card slots accessible, same reason.
* No keyboard! Really, they have those chat pads, what’s the point? (Besides looking cool)
* Simplified layout of ports and buttons.
* Internal wi-fi module, no external antenna. Antenna is strung out inside unit like other consoles/laptops.
* Beveled edges! Countersunk screws!
The unit's also got a built in Live Vision camera, an easy access panel to the 360's hard drive, and as usual, is completely desirable for all its impractical manufacturing.
foobiebletch
7:30 AM December 3, 2008 – #1
Nicely made! I like that he replaced the keyboard with cooling slots, but it would have been nice to have active cooling with a fan or two. Performance will probably drop after running it for an hour or two because of stagnant hot air.
Bavi_H
3:09 PM December 3, 2008 – #2
Please note, the "Atari 2600" you previously blogged is actually an Atari Flashback 2. Putting an Atari-2600-on-a-chip in a GameGear case is neat, but Ben Heck's work cramming original hardware into portable form factors is much more impressive.