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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. 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

  2. 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... ;)

  3. $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".