Ben Heck's PlayStation 3 Laptop - Kotaku Comments

Ben Heck's PlayStation 3 Laptop

bobtheduck — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 12:58:24 MDT

@Shteve: Hmm... Was that to compare the 360 to the PS3? Thing is, with the power brick thrown in there, the 360 is actually bigger than the PS3.

bobtheduck

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maraxusofk — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:24:36 MDT

@Zatoichi666:

@Albanian_Killa:

link i posted above is of him selling it on ebay. 2nd, he is indirectly contributing to curing cancer cuz the system is being sold for charity.

maraxusofk

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maraxusofk — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:23:00 MDT

[cgi.ebay.com]

hey gaiz. im warren buffet and i just paid almost 10grand for this mod.

oh and this defintely looks better than the mod he did for the 360. at least this one is glossy and has a good color scheme.

maraxusofk

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artofwar420 — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 00:53:24 MDT

That mod is so beautiful.

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Zatoichi666 — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:58:33 MDT

If any of us really had anything better to do with our lives. This site wouldn't exist and you wouldn't be on it!!!

It's an escape for most of us. So don't shit on anyone unless your prepared to be shit upon.
The guy has put alot of time and effort into this. HIS time not yours.... so shut up...no sorry shut the fuck up...Oh by the way wheres your cure for cancer dipshit....?I hope you finished your cure before you play anymore of those life wasting video games... I know two people that could really use it about now.

Rant ends Now

Zatoichi666

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krunkjuice — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:33:14 MDT

@Gagamus: Not to jump on the hate train....but what do you do in your life that makes you special enough to judge how another human uses their time?

krunkjuice

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re4de2ye0 — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:56:32 MDT

@Gagamus:

The funniest thing about it is, is that this is going to be auctioned off for charity, so therefore he is doing something to help. When was the last time you did something to benefit someone else? Your comment my friend, now that was useless.

re4de2ye0

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ChiltonGaines — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 14:26:36 MDT

@Gagamus:

Your comment would be valid, if you at least expanded on your opinion and gave some clear thought as to why you said that.

Though, maybe you could send us a list of your life achievements, and he could send us his, and we could stack them up. Would that make you feel better?

Say hello to the prinny for me if you haven't already.

ChiltonGaines

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UltraMagnus — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:24:02 MDT

@Gagamus: Hate to? really?

I guess he oughta live his life the way you decide. Send him an e-mail and let him know because I think he'd be very upset knowing he wasted his whole life up until now, but really grateful that you showed him the light.

UltraMagnus

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Gagamus — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:56:56 MDT

If this guy could actually do something with his life, like find a cure for cancer or something instead of this useless crap that only a few of us think is cool, I think he would be worth mentioning. Not for lame brained crap like this. I'm sure it took a lot of work and effort but it's ultimately the most useless thing I've seen. Maybe I'm just one of those people that think just because you can do something doesn't mean that you actually do it. Oh well. Hate to poo poo on the parade here.

Gagamus

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Zero_Beat — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:34:02 MDT

That is one Heck of a job!

*Rimshot, canned laughter.*

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fuchikoma — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:04:11 MDT

I give him points for making it work, but I just don't like anything this guy has made yet. That thing is THICK, and it still plugs in.

I'd applaud him at a mod contest, but I wouldn't keep one myself.

fuchikoma

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Billkwando — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:47:59 MDT

@Nereos: I'm sure you would! Free screen and keyboard! I assume you meant in addition to the price of the PS3. :)

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Chilly Hollow — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:25:18 MDT

Oh, man. Ben, you are a genius!

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Nereos — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:14:10 MDT

I would buy one of those for the same price as the PS3. Beautifully designed.

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Zak Canard — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:27:13 MDT

Now THAT'S a Playstation Portable!

@bigman88zz: Yes it would be usable as a suitcase PC since you can easily stick Linux on there.

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IntelSilver — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:50:44 MDT

cool! I bet it's super heavy. But COOL!

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xanavi — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:03:36 MDT

This is no "laptop". Could you imagine putting this thing on your lap? Not only would it cook your legs like steaks, it'd tenderize them too!

xanavi

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JibbyJam — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:55:22 MDT

My God, Fahey. You're killin' me here. That imagery chuckled me sideways.

JibbyJam

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phalanges — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:36:37 MDT

I'd tap that..err..buy that.

phalanges

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cactaur — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:28:15 MDT

@man_in_gauze: Yeah, tech achievements aside his aesthetics need a bit of work.

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kotakumarcato — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:33:38 MDT

You are all joking right?

Looks like a clunky 80' box with an oversized, old playstation logo

how's that sleek?

kotakumarcato

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man in gauze is king ramses II, silly. — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:17:02 MDT

Looks ugly, IMO. Same design as the Xbox one, for a completely different console :\ Ah, what could have been.

man in gauze is king ramses II, silly.

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Mr_Fuzzypaws — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:15:04 MDT

He needs to build himself a sever.

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Otacon91 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:03:05 MDT

Guys, headsup, seems Engadget got the PS3 laptop and will be auctioning it off soon. [www.engadget.com] Check it out incase you have got money to spare.

Otacon91

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SsLordMagus — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:55:56 MDT

@islandknight:
thats true, i did not think of that ;)

@RaepGoblin:
lol

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RaepGoblin — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:46:36 MDT

Maybe he knows that "too dusty to fix" kid.

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Albanian_Killa — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:37:14 MDT

That's sexy. Hard to believe it's a PLAYSTATION 3... Great job on that mod. I wish I had it :P He should sell that on eBay if he hasn't already. Probably would make a lot of money off of it.

Albanian_Killa

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islandknight — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:35:05 MDT

very nice mod

@SsLordMagus: I don't think he'd have to send it in, he can fix it himself lol.

islandknight

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DevonTheDude — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:34:09 MDT

The monitor, case, and keyboard look oddly similar to my Alienware Aurora M9700

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RaepGoblin — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:27:36 MDT

So wait, is the power supply built into the 360 one? I'd say that's more impressive than this thing by far.

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llllDrGONZOllll — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:26:54 MDT

So is it just me or is that one filthy controller? The telltale sign of a true genius is the dirt he works around, or can you tell alot about a man by the cleanliness of his controller?

llllDrGONZOllll

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madhotch — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:22:51 MDT

awesome but it's missing the PS-EYE. The Elite laptop had Xbox vision, so that kinda sucks.

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sandwiches — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:07:02 MDT

Is this thing smaller than the retail PS3?

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bigman88zz — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:04:20 MDT

please tell me this one actually works like a laptop, with a usable keyboard

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dead_red_eyes — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:00:37 MDT

You would think that Ben would wipe all the fingerprints off of it before showing it. Hahaha. Impressive work tho!

@Diesel_Power:

Troll much?

dead_red_eyes

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ceilingFANBOY — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:59:20 MDT

@JustJake: I think all the dust on the controller is from Dremiling the PS3.

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Chief2BeaR — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:58:36 MDT

Looks very heavy

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seamouse — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:58:16 MDT

Wow. that is pro! I would buy that. then promptly drop it like i do to all my laptops.

seamouse

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CanaryWundaboy — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:57:26 MDT

Better looking than the console normally does, though that isn't hard.

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JustJake — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:53:44 MDT

Doesnt look like he has used that controler very often. I have an old snes controler that doesnt have half the dust as that thing.

Tis sweet though.

JustJake

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Diesel_Power — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:49:37 MDT

PC gaming = the future

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Maaxxx — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:49:23 MDT

nice and slick looking, i'll buy 3.

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SsLordMagus — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:49:01 MDT

@half-beast: imagine sending it to sony after having a problem with it, they would be like,
WTF is this?? O_O

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munchausen — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:47:46 MDT

@munchausen: And, let me add for clarification, if even possible, it would be economically unviable to get the parts from someone else, as a PS3 itself would be the logical starting point for all the necessary parts.

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Knight-Zero — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:45:28 MDT

If he can make a mark II with a PS3 slim I'll buy 3.

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munchausen — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:45:24 MDT

@QualityJeverage: No, you wouldn't get sued. The doctrine is called first-sale. see e.g., [en.wikipedia.org]); [en.wikipedia.org] He would have to buy the PS3 parts from someone other than Sony to start getting in trouble.

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ca$h — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:44:48 MDT

So bloody awesome. That man has honest to god talent. /understatement

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Moridin — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:44:45 MDT

That's one dirty lookin' Sixaxis, but that's one purrrrdy lookin' laptop.

Moridin

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TheNinja256 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:39:40 MDT

That's the most beautiful thing I've ever seem.

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Strangelove — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:37:48 MDT

This and the 360 version are both awesome, but the lack of a battery would keep me from buying one.

They would be great for lan parties, though.

Strangelove

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mnml10387 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:34:22 MDT

that is Sexy!!!!!!

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ShiNZ — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:34:06 MDT

@Mattz:
He's already made a portable Wii. Not a laptop though. Check out his website. And it looks Nothing like a Macbook. And does not fit in a manilla envelope.

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Vidril — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:33:01 MDT

It's so beautiful...

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Mattz — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:31:06 MDT

Nothing had made me want a PS3 before this but damn that's a gorgeous piece of hardware. Ditto with the 360 one.
So when can we expect a Macbook sized Wii adaption complete with clips to attach a Wiimote and Nunchuk tidily? The absolute ultimate in party gear, a Wii with a built in screen and sensor bar for people to play.
Go on Ben...you know you want to make me one :)

Mattz

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Shuskefuji — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:30:31 MDT

All we need now is a Wii laptop, although I do woder where the sensor bar would go....

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half-beast — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:30:13 MDT

That's one helluva way to void a warranty.
Very nice job.

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Fut — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:29:32 MDT

Gorgeous. Personally I'd rather experience Playstation 3 games via my current home set-up, but if I were possessed enough to crave a foray into the appetizing world of MGS4 while on the bus or at my girlfriend's house, I'd definitely be playing it on this. Or at least I would be if I had the technological expertise to build my own mod. Or the money required to purchase Ben Heck and put him to work converting all the game systems under my television into splashy laptops and other impractical devices.

Fut

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Shteve — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:28:59 MDT

It would be nice to have a full grown cat right next to it to have a good idea of the hugeness of this thing !

[nintenblog.free.fr]

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solar_tf — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:27:42 MDT

that's actually pretty damn neat.

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Ahsayuni — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:25:01 MDT

Where Can I has?

Ahsayuni

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yashichi8bit — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:21:50 MDT

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Kj719 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:21:14 MDT

If you could use the PS button in front of the keyboard as a trackpad, it makes a very usable laptop with Linux installed. Still, that thing kicks ass!

Kj719

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bigdonthedj — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:18:56 MDT

I have said I would never own a PS3...I WANT this!

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Nekokazzie — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:18:55 MDT

That's the sexiest thing I've ever seen...

Nekokazzie

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Aethyr — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:18:37 MDT

That thing is HUEG. It must weigh a ton. Pretty hot, though.

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QualityJeverage — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:18:25 MDT

@geoffcbassett: He's talking about somebody producing these and then selling them. The mod itself won't get you sued, but selling it will. Because then you're making money off of Sony's hardware.

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SsLordMagus — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:18:16 MDT

How much does it weight? The P$3 is already heavy, now with a screen?

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CosmicElement — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:18:01 MDT

I'd hate to whip that out in the middle of a bus ride or something though.

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Grave — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:14:47 MDT

Another technically impressive yet visually horrifying mod by Ben Heck! I'm surprised. Really, I am.

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Cennus — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:14:33 MDT

That is very awesome. Ben start selling these!!! Assembly line FTW!

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geoffcbassett — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:13:01 MDT

@SsLordMagus: nope as long as the console is bought legally the worst thing this is going to do is void your warranty.

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OldManGaming — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:11:56 MDT

ok, I'm sold.

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geoffcbassett — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:11:47 MDT

Once this man realizes that bringing attention to your seams is bad he will be a god :P

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Balance_In_Life — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:11:44 MDT

Does anyone know if he keeps the HDMIs on these things? Still though, this is incredible. Heck is just amazing.

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DaiMacculate — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:11:05 MDT

Do WANT. Much, much nicer-looking than any of his 360 laptops that I've seen; thats not a knock on those projects either, this is just on a whole other level. I wonder how much it weighs?

Yeah, the first console/computer manufacturer to hire this man is getting a genius designer.

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SsLordMagus — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:10:45 MDT

@Otacon91:
yeah i agree, untill Sony decides to do SERIOUS lawsuit. O_O

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ShirtGuyDom — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:10:33 MDT

Nice.

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Ecks — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:09:29 MDT

I wonder how hot it runs, it looks great but the keyboard looks too small, could have fit a numeric keypad on there!

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Walker — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:08:22 MDT

That looks pretty awesome. Got to love Ben's mods.

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Otacon91 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:05:49 MDT

Now that is something I would actually pay a grand to possess, that is by FAR the sleekest mod I have seen the man make. DAMN if only someone would produce these things at a retail level. They would make SERIOUS money off of it.

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BlackDove — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:04:50 MDT

Now that, is pimp.

BlackDove