wow…just wow. NICE work.

Posted at 11:40 pm on Sep 10th, 2006 by Ed

thats so freakin sweet! i dont have one, but i am going to buy one just to mod it out like that

Posted at 11:43 pm on Sep 10th, 2006 by jaycruz

sweet mod, but to really make it a laptop, don’t you think it should run on batteries? I guess that would make it more difficult.

Posted at 12:00 am on Sep 11th, 2006 by greg

That’s nuts. i love it

Posted at 12:02 am on Sep 11th, 2006 by bfr

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 12:18 am on Sep 11th, 2006 by aksarf

oh. my. god.

i need one

Posted at 12:24 am on Sep 11th, 2006 by Monster

Holy crap. Thats just freaking amazing.
I bow to your technical prowess.

Posted at 12:33 am on Sep 11th, 2006 by gcc

insane….he never ceases to amaze me. Can anyone take a guess at the price of this baby? lol

Posted at 12:54 am on Sep 11th, 2006 by Elementix

amazing…

two hacks in one day… it’s almost like hackaday chrismahanukwanza… almost.

Posted at 1:07 am on Sep 11th, 2006 by trebuchet03

That is the most awesome Xbox360 mod EVAR.

Posted at 1:30 am on Sep 11th, 2006 by Erik

Very nice work. The true definition of a hack (Hell it should even please steve!)

1 problem I can see…….. those very nice milled air holes are on the bottom, where hardly any air can get pulled in!

Maybe if the back was raised it would increase air cooling properties.

Posted at 3:05 am on Sep 11th, 2006 by Jay

Pretty impressive! really quite amazing.

Don’t know how i feel about portable watercooling though… seems like a bad move no matter how well you seal it. (Unless you are using like a non-replacable liquid and weld it together or something)

Then again, this thing probably weighs enough that it won’t be moved much…

Posted at 3:40 am on Sep 11th, 2006 by blip

i just wish it had some battery power, and i also wish microsoft spent more than ten seconds on the efficiency of this machine. the heat output alone of this beast could melt some solder unless there is some thermal shutoff i’m not aware of (perhaps the chip smasher has a thermal switch we’ve never heard of)

i also just wanted to post this so the comments box sticks with my new email

Posted at 4:23 am on Sep 11th, 2006 by Monster

Wow. that is amazing.

Posted at 5:49 am on Sep 11th, 2006 by HaX80r

that’s freakin amazing.

Posted at 7:33 am on Sep 11th, 2006 by solareon

Cool, but useless. No battery, just as heavy as the original, and no handle. like the other guys here mentioned, the water cooling will probably leak when you tote it around.

Posted at 7:53 am on Sep 11th, 2006 by derek

that thing wrocks my socks

Posted at 8:30 am on Sep 11th, 2006 by terminalblue

no freaking way.

i am so totally doing this.

Posted at 10:56 am on Sep 11th, 2006 by Steve DiRaddo

yes agree with every one very cool and it must be kept cool 2. 3ghz processor in that thing LOVE IT

Posted at 12:09 pm on Sep 11th, 2006 by steve

That is sweet
Cache
http://benheck.com.nyud.net:8080/Games/Xbox360/x360_page_1.htm

Posted at 1:32 pm on Sep 11th, 2006 by Josh Powers

yes must admit like this very much keep up the good work

Posted at 1:55 pm on Sep 11th, 2006 by steve

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 2:21 pm on Sep 11th, 2006 by tiuk

omg where ams teh leds!! hackaday plz start shows me sume reel hax k thanks steve

Posted at 3:36 pm on Sep 11th, 2006 by steve

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.

Posted at 4:40 pm on Sep 11th, 2006 by vskid

You fucked up Hack a Day.

Posted at 4:55 pm on Sep 11th, 2006 by Crash

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 5:15 pm on Sep 11th, 2006 by steve

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 5:21 pm on Sep 11th, 2006 by steve

Steve- shut up you illiterate little punk.

Posted at 6:47 pm on Sep 11th, 2006 by HaX80r

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 7:47 pm on Sep 11th, 2006 by Dave

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 8:00 pm on Sep 11th, 2006 by digitallysick

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/

Posted at 8:39 pm on Sep 11th, 2006 by agent

another cool hack from ben. been following his portables for quite some time and love every one of them. to the haters, this guy has made a portable of every major console to date and seems like a really nice, down to earth guy… his writeups are always amusing.

Posted at 9:47 pm on Sep 11th, 2006 by ian

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 9:57 pm on Sep 11th, 2006 by neg

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 11:31 pm on Sep 11th, 2006 by Tillin9

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 11:36 pm on Sep 11th, 2006 by ...

omfg, wow thats so 1337, that is truly a hack worthy of hackaday, crazy lol, roxors. though i do preffer the ps3, it is much more efficient, uses its cpu has 7 (actually 8) cores, each at 533Mhz, running a t a lowwer speed, with multiple cores is better than running 3 cores (in the 360) at a high speed

Posted at 3:21 am on Sep 12th, 2006 by cameron20020

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 4:51 am on Sep 12th, 2006 by Fragged

That is so awesome! Looks great too.

Posted at 7:50 am on Sep 12th, 2006 by Dylan Field

fraggd why dont you go and defragg yourself i think you got the dumb ass bit round the wrong way mate

Posted at 7:59 am on Sep 12th, 2006 by steve

I just got done reading the whole thing and I am just blown away.
I don’t even play game consoles, but I have hacked some hardware in my day and that is just one beautifully executed project.
Common sense approaches combined with technical grace.

-and coffee. (a personal favorite)

In other words, awesome job, as usual!

Posted at 8:00 am on Sep 12th, 2006 by strider_mt2k

O.o That’s incredible.

Posted at 3:55 pm on Sep 12th, 2006 by kyle

Brillant, I’ve felt the heat comming off of one them things, so i figure about two deep cycle marine batteries should be good for about 5 minutes of play time:) btw this is what hackaday is all about.
ps. needs some leds.

Posted at 8:43 pm on Sep 12th, 2006 by brainwarp

This is sooooo sweet!
If only i could have your uber-prowess in mod skill.
Can I buy one PLEASE :P

Posted at 12:30 am on Sep 13th, 2006 by benesan

That guy has a lotta good work making portable systems, worth the to take a look

-Sulk

Posted at 9:57 am on Sep 13th, 2006 by sulk

Loove this mod! totally impressed one of the most practical mods ive seen in ages I had to blog this one!

Posted at 5:57 pm on Sep 13th, 2006 by elusid

Whoa, insane!! Woow, Yeah.
Beautiful xbox360 laptop!
This thing really makes me urgent go do some great hacking :-]

Posted at 4:26 am on Sep 19th, 2006 by dikatlon

omg that damn thing is so freaking sweet this dude should sell all his mods he would make a fortune all peep out my newest console its called Pirate Evolution and it is playable…… happy hacking asuka out

http://www.myspace.com/pirate0evolution

Posted at 7:29 am on Sep 21st, 2006 by asuka Kamuzua

Really really cool. You have managed to squeeze everything into it. Great finish too though I would probably combine the power cables into one. An internal battery would be useful and I would have ditched the water cooling (too expensive and too unsafe). Fans at the sides would allow air to circulate more and better. Good Job, best I have seen yet!

Posted at 8:24 am on Sep 23rd, 2006 by andy

That is possibly the best console to “other use” mod I’ve ever seen, it’s very tidy looking and the detailing is superb! :)

He’s even testing my favourite 360 game on it (Dead Rising) so a man of exquisite taste too.

Well done that geek!

Posted at 12:01 pm on Oct 7th, 2006 by computer gamer

what is the point what a wast of money i could do this but whats the point microsoft build them so why do this its only £150 for a LCD screen i know it would of cost a lot more than that to make this maybe if you put a BAT init it would be worth it but what you did if a wast of money iv work for microsoft in the past and new they were playing this and no the ins and outs of this system and i have my own and have the fan stand and intercooler and my xbox 306 gives out cold air no hot not even warm air and it works fine not one crash or even a frezz up its grt ok iv said what i wanted to say lattas

Posted at 12:26 pm on Oct 12th, 2006 by David

what is the point what a wast of money i could do this but whats the point microsoft build them so why do this its only £150 for a LCD screen i know it would of cost a lot more than that to make this maybe if you put a BAT init it would be worth it but what you did its a wast of money iv work for microsoft in the past and new they were planing this and no the INs and outs of this system and i have my own and have the fan stand and intercooler and my xbox 360 gives out cold air no hot not even warm air and it works fine not one crash or even a frezz up its grt ok iv said what i wanted to say lattas

Posted at 12:54 pm on Oct 12th, 2006 by David Reason

How do you submit a hack? I have a great, useful laptop hack for everyone

Posted at 1:54 pm on Oct 20th, 2006 by Steve Grzybowski

damn he should consider make a deal with microsoft and make 360 laptops

Posted at 12:17 pm on Nov 1st, 2006 by orly

just sweet! You’re really a great guy man! you amaze me. keep up the good work.

Posted at 1:04 am on Feb 26th, 2007 by wilford

yeah ok so he is clever, its a lot like car customization, make it look good regardless of whats in the case, anybody can figure out atari pinouts and rework NES boards. all it does is look pretty, microshaft did the real work all he is doing is putting the same shit in a different wrapper. i could weld up an aluminum case and have slots milled like he did. if you can make things its nothing special. then again i’m a blue collar nerd so nevermind.

Posted at 6:51 pm on Jun 16th, 2007 by tansit234

where can i purchase a xbox 360 laptop? how much will it cost me? i want one.

Posted at 8:02 am on Aug 16th, 2007 by bernard lozano

Can you tell me were you bought your case at just e-mail me at skylerballerhoops@gmail.com

Posted at 12:43 am on Oct 26th, 2007 by SKyler

That is awesome. I would love to have that machine.

Posted at 1:28 pm on Mar 7th, 2008 by michael

if you contact me i will personally make one for you,

i can start from scratch xbox and everything- $500

you can send me your xbox and i will turn it into a laptop- $200

i can make u one with a 19 inch screen for $800(includes i game of choice)

if you have certain request email me and we can come to a price agreement i will go as low as $175

building you laptop can take up to 10 business days

and u get a 6 month warranty from me

my gamertag is: vick44
(u can contact me here)

and yes i have a mic

all emails recieved before June 16 will get a $20 visa gift card and a copy of GTA IV

i ship everywhere

shipping is free

unless u want overnight or something

Email:Ipodtouch444@yahoo.com

Paypal:ipodtouch444@yahoo.com (u can send the payment

ps> u can get on xbox live wherever thers internet, and every where if u buy a wireless card

plugs into wall like regular laptop except without the huge power cord

Posted at 6:34 am on Jun 6th, 2008 by Blake Carter

Ben i just have to say u put us all to shame here, i atempted to do this an killed both laptop an 360. U r a beepin Don!!!!

Posted at 5:06 pm on Dec 10th, 2008 by BiggerZ Dee

I MUST HAVE ONE! anyone have an idea how much it would cost???

Posted at 12:09 pm on Feb 26th, 2009 by XxPoisonXx

yeah this seems awesome, and it is, but how realistic is it that we ourselves could get it affordibly? anyway, i’m just putting a question out there, is there/could there be (could it be made) like a program for a computer, or a laptop with a chunk of memory space to use xbox live, like this laptop, just also you can on the same network xbox live is on, and verse the same people who play on an xbox, but its just a program you can guy…… coz my xbox is broken, its been having a tendecy to brake after 1 or 2 months i get it back from repairs, so yeah, if it is or could be available, that would be awesome, if it is email blargh-is-wat-i-say@hotmail.com

Posted at 7:35 pm on Mar 7th, 2009 by just some halo addict

and yes i am tired, i did make some spelling mistakes like guy instead of buy

Posted at 7:36 pm on Mar 7th, 2009 by just some halo addict

Wherw can u buy the xbox 360 laptop and how much is it?!

Posted at 4:19 pm on Mar 10th, 2009 by Michael

email me at tgotwalt44@yahoo.com for information about where i bought mine, my youtube is xp3w and i have some vids of the laptop. just make the subject line xbox 360 laptop

Posted at 10:26 am on Nov 3rd, 2009 by Thomas