VideoGamesNude shared a beautiful (and almost unbelievable) picture of a sleek, sexy, and small original Xbox modification, though no other details were given. A little research uncovered a thread by creator ghostavel on the Xbox-Scene forums, which gave details on this lovely mod.
Drawn in AutoCAD, cut with lazers, and encased in plexiglass, this lovely little Xbox (I never thought I'd say those words!) makes the original behemoth look silly and a bit wasteful in comparison. The "Xbox mini" system was made sans DVD drive, but an 80GB hard drive was added in its place. This looks like the ultimate homebrew/backup/emulation/media system, and I'm sure that I am not alone in saying that I would pay for one of these right now.
Bravo, Mr. ghostavel. Bravo.
Check out the full thread over at Xbox-Scene for more details and pictures.
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11:33 AM on 09.10.2007 | 
80GB, that would just about fit Ninja Gaiden Black, DOAX and Freedom Fighters (the only good offline xbox games) + all MAME/8bit/16bit/later arcade/handheld games. And XBMC. Looks like better value than re-buying 0.0001% of them on the Virtual Console, but that's just me.
if this could just be applied to all consoles
will play for like a half hour :P, you'll need some fans.
do NEED!
I just can't remember where, or how.
this xbox is seriously 9001. Just wow.
This is what you should have done to spur original xbox sales before the 360 launch
and you should also do that to the 360 a few months before the 720. it works for nintendo and sony like a fucking charm you would be morons to not do this
Yeah, I think MS needs to figure out how to make 360s that aren't prone to wtfpwning themselves first.
Yeah, I think MS needs to figure out how to make 360s that aren't prone to wtfpwning themselves first.
I must say, though, I'm pretty disturbed by the number of people saying they'd buy the XBox if it looked like this. I guess everything *is* all about packaging and not substance.