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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. Sometimes by dreamchaser · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Sometimes, as most geeks out there know, it's OK do to something silly just because you can. Sure, it probably be smarter to just buy a PC or buy the parts to build one, but many people get into either the 'coolness' factor or the 'because it was there' reasoning. Nothing wrong with that.

  2. The point to give up by questamor · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I gott ask tho, at what point would it have made more sense just to buy a regular computer?

    probably at the point where imagination gives up, I think most mods are useless from a practical point of view but feh, you have fun doing it

  3. An Xbox because: by Max+Romantschuk · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I gott ask tho, at what point would it have made more sense just to buy a regular computer?

    If you ask me, yes. First of all it's a nice feeling to buy something and give it a personal touch. On top of that a comparable sized PC hardware would probably be hard and or expensive to find (can't look at the pics, /.ed).

    And it's always nice to do something which is supposed to be impossible and or has been made hard to do.

    It's all about the sense of accomplishment :)

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  4. Why? by DarklordJonnyDigital · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You ask why? I think the question is, why not?

    Running a webserver on an X-Box or a GBA, we geeks do it because we can. It was the same with the Linux Dreamcast and the laptop Amiga 600 before it. I mean, at least now the X-Box is good for something - heaven knows it's already the SIZE of a server case... ;)

  5. The point is... by MojoMonkey · · Score: 4, Insightful

    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.

    What's the point? Well, since the site is slashdotted, I was unable to read the article.... but, the point is, to have a nice looking machine... that, get this, plays X-BOX games. I'm sick and tired of the "buy a $300 Walmart PC", for most people a $300 Walmart PC doesn't DO what the want to do. Believe it or not, hardware doesn't mean squat if it doesn't run the software you want.

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  6. Point? by freeweed · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I gott ask tho, at what point would it have made more sense just to buy a regular computer?

    Right about when a regular computer is capable of playing Xbox games.

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  7. $300 Walmart PC by sparkhead · · Score: 5, Insightful
    I'm sick and tired of the "buy a $300 Walmart PC", for most people a $300 Walmart PC doesn't DO what the want to do.

    For most people, a $300 Walmart PC does do everything they want it to do.

    Slashdot readers are not "most people".