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The Next Level of X-Box Modding

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-wait-a-minute dept.

nikitin2k writes "A swedish guy did a really sweet xbox mod. He moved the whole thing into an aluminium chassis, changed the dvd and hdd, installed a mod-chip, wireless lan, leds, switches and Linux. Meet the xXx-box. The site is in swedish, but the pics speak for themselves. Lots of pictures here." I gotta ask tho, at what point would it have made more sense just to buy a regular computer? The green lighting is a nice touch tho.

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  1. Boom by worst_name_ever · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apparently he's serving the images from his Xbox too...

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  2. I wonder... by darkov · · Score: 4, Funny
    He moved the whole thing into an aluminium chassis, changed the dvd and hdd, installed a mod-chip, wireless lan, leds, switches and Linux.

    ... if the warranty is still valid.

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  3. Dude! by redneck_kiwi · · Score: 3, Funny

    A Dell would have been cheaper!

  4. swedish chef by dizzy+tunez · · Score: 3, Funny

    zee svedeesh meet bull X-Bux.
    bork bork bork!

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  5. How is this Swedish? by Chewie · · Score: 5, Funny

    I mean, how dumb do you think we are? I checked the site, and there's not a "bork bork bork" anywhere!

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  6. The slashdot effect strikes again by termos · · Score: 4, Funny

    He changed the DVD!
    He changed the HD!
    He inserted a wireless network card!
    He installed Linux on it!

    .. But he got slashdotted.

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  7. CmdrTaco != Geek by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny
    I gott ask tho, at what point would it have made more sense just to buy a regular computer? The green lighting is a nice touch tho.

    Kathleen has finally done it. She's turned Rob into a normal guy. Let this serve as a warning to all you geeks out that, this is what marriage will do. It'll strip you of your desire for case mods, installing Linux on anything with an electronic pulse or ability to see if articles have already been posted! *shudder*

    Rob. Put the mouse down, move away from the computer, leave the room, turn the lights off, get your sixpack and ride your lawnmower around the yard (or w/blade, plow driveway.)

    I knew this day was coming. I've also noticed Gabe at Penny Arcade has begun to lose his hand to eye coordination, so vital in video games. Next thing you know, he'll be playing strategy games.

    Come to think of it, loss of hand to eye coordination is probably as good an excuse as any to convert that old Xbox into a server.

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  8. Re:Well... by PerryMason · · Score: 4, Funny

    Maybe you wouldn't like my mod then....

    I rotated the XBOX decal on the top so it now says XOBX. I tell people its the cheap knock-off of the Xbox made in the Soviet Union (where apparently Xbox pays you...or some such crap.)

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  9. Almost, but not quite. by war3rd · · Score: 5, Funny

    He forgot to add the 8-track!

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  10. Sorry but ... by ascii · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... whenever I see one of these modding projects I get this odd taste in my mouth and it all reminds me too much of my gawky teenage years and the mech-geeks that would mod Puch Maxi mopeds to go 100km/h either by using illegal german tuning kits or by drilling or filing various parts of it.

    To those who don't know the Puch Maxi let's describe it as a ... pratical vehicle. With its slim bycyclish appearance it looked kinda stupid with a death-defying teenager on top of it at a hundred kilometers per hour.

    Whenever modding is brought up I come to think of these things.

    Sorry, flame me to death now.

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  11. Erm... by arvindn · · Score: 5, Funny
    Meet the xxx-box. The site is in swedish, but the pics speak for themselves.

    Er, CmdrTaco, are you quite sure this is about hardware?

    Being at work, it put me into a dilemma: to click or not to click?

  12. Re:Hoo is thees Svedeesh? by MyHair · · Score: 4, Funny

    I meun, hoo doomb du yuoo theenk ve-a ere-a? I checked zee seete-a, und zeere's nut a "bork bork bork" unyvhere-a!

    Translation courtesy of The Dialectizer". For effect, here's the Slashdot summary:

    Zee Next Lefel ooff X-Bux Muddeeng Herdvere
    Pusted by CmdrTecu oon Tooe-a Feb 25, '03 08:04 EM
    frum zee noo-veeet-a-meenoote-a dept.

    Um de hur de hur de hur. neekitin2k vreetes "A svedeesh gooy deed a reelly sveet xbux mud. Bork bork bork! He-a mufed zee vhule-a theeng intu un eloomeenioom chessees, chunged zee dfd und hdd, instelled a mud-cheep, vureless lun, leds, sveetches und Leenoox. Meet zee xXx-bux. Zee seete-a is in svedeesh, boot zee peecs speek fur zeemselfes. Um gesh dee bork, bork! Luts ooff peectoores here-a" I gutt esk thu, et vhet pueent vuoold it hefe-a mede-a mure-a sense-a joost tu booy a regooler cumpooter? Zee greee leeghting is a neece-a tuooch thu.

  13. Open letter to Kathleen Malda by wowbagger · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear Mrs. Malda,

    Please do the community a favor. Tomorrow, stand behind your husband with a large foam bat, and every time he misspells a word, or uses a non-word like "tho", club him.

    I gottTHWACK ask thoTHWACK, at what point would it have made more sense just to buy a regular computer? The green lighting is a nice touch thoTHWACK.

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