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    The Commodore 64 personal computer dominated the market from 1983-1985, and stands as one of the best-selling personal computers of all time.

    Ben Heck's New C64 Laptop

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    Edited By Ryan  Staff
    Benjamin J Heckendorn is a villainous individual. From where I'm sitting, it would seem that his purpose in this life is to craft gorgeous-looking and highly covetable custom video-game hardware that is both too rare and too expensive for me to actually own, while also providing a near-pornographic level of detail into the build process. I don't think I can quite articulate how badly I want one of his Xbox 360 laptops to call my own. Actually, I suppose I can: badly, but not badly enough to pull together Heck's regular asking price of $5k. That's how much I paid for my car , and that was nearly a decade ago. I haven't got a DIY bone in my body, so even in my imagination, the premise of me building one of my own results in either electrocution, hundreds of dollars in broken, disassembled electronics, or some combination of the two.

    Heckendorn continues to taunt me with his latest , a second revision on his existing design for a Commodore 64 laptop. Beyond just shrinking the C64 into a "portable" form-factor, this thing has got some modern technology that you won't find in a stock Commodore, including an SD-based storage solution, as well as USB and Ethernet ports. While the majority of Ben Heck's custom work is done on commission these days, this particular project is going to be auctioned off for charity. It's hard to badmouth a charitable cause without coming off like a complete jerkburger, but it digs at my covetous brain to know that this sweet piece of business will likely end up costing more than it would normally. Does that make me a bad person? Most probably, yeah. 
     
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    #1  Edited By Ryan  Staff
    Benjamin J Heckendorn is a villainous individual. From where I'm sitting, it would seem that his purpose in this life is to craft gorgeous-looking and highly covetable custom video-game hardware that is both too rare and too expensive for me to actually own, while also providing a near-pornographic level of detail into the build process. I don't think I can quite articulate how badly I want one of his Xbox 360 laptops to call my own. Actually, I suppose I can: badly, but not badly enough to pull together Heck's regular asking price of $5k. That's how much I paid for my car , and that was nearly a decade ago. I haven't got a DIY bone in my body, so even in my imagination, the premise of me building one of my own results in either electrocution, hundreds of dollars in broken, disassembled electronics, or some combination of the two.

    Heckendorn continues to taunt me with his latest , a second revision on his existing design for a Commodore 64 laptop. Beyond just shrinking the C64 into a "portable" form-factor, this thing has got some modern technology that you won't find in a stock Commodore, including an SD-based storage solution, as well as USB and Ethernet ports. While the majority of Ben Heck's custom work is done on commission these days, this particular project is going to be auctioned off for charity. It's hard to badmouth a charitable cause without coming off like a complete jerkburger, but it digs at my covetous brain to know that this sweet piece of business will likely end up costing more than it would normally. Does that make me a bad person? Most probably, yeah. 
     
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    #2  Edited By Lashe

    Absolutely adore this guy's stuff! Man's a genius!

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    #4  Edited By CoolWiener

    Good Stuff! I wonder if it comes with an internal battery....

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    #5  Edited By sparky_buzzsaw

    Dear God... it's... it's... beautiful!

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    #6  Edited By TheHBK

    I want me a ps3 controller thats in a 360 controller case.  Please put more of these out!

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    #7  Edited By TwoOneFive
    @TheHBK said:
    "

    I want me a ps3 controller thats in a 360 controller case.  Please put more of these out!

    "
    yes. 
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    #8  Edited By ArbitraryWater

    I would give large amounts of blood for that laptop. And then I would pass out and die. But I would die happy.

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    #9  Edited By Keyser_Soze

    Retro-chic.

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    #10  Edited By ZeroCast

    5K? Seroiusly? I also would love some portable 360 but that number is way over the SANE budget of ones salary.


      

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    #11  Edited By MattyFTM  Moderator

    *Drools*

    There should be an age gate on this news story. Under 18 year olds shouldn't be allowed to see pornographic pictures like those.

    *Continues Drooling*

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    #12  Edited By JackiJinx

    Does the 360 laptop red ring?

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    #13  Edited By Kaido

    On a vaguely unrelated note, who loved the sound a C64's keyboard used to make?

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    #14  Edited By insanejedi

    Can it run Crysis?

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    #15  Edited By Winternet

    Don't worry Ryan. You're not the only one. Oh god, that is a beautiful thing.

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    #16  Edited By CaptainScarLeg

    Ben Heck continues to be awesome.

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    #17  Edited By KillaMaStA

    I bet the 360 laptop would red ring even faster than the average xbox.

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    #18  Edited By Nat3TheGreat13

    Amazing!

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    #19  Edited By pomeroy

    See this is why I want to go into electrical engineering...

    so I can do shit like this and know what it is I'm doing!

    Also, I'm too young to realize the appeal of the C64 laptop, but I imagine it's something similar to the lap360.
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    #20  Edited By buzz_clik

    Daddy want.

    Man, that guy is just a juggernaut of invention. I'd hope it has a built-in reset swtich of some description on there, though. You'd hate to louse up your spankin' new C64 lappy using the paperclip trick.

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    #21  Edited By phlegms

    Dude what!?

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    #22  Edited By slinky6

    and i thought his portable SNES was awesome.   This is a whole new level.

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    #23  Edited By End_Boss
    @JackiJinx said:
    " Does the 360 laptop red ring? "
    Oh yes.
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    #24  Edited By DavidSnakes

    That man is a damn genius

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    #25  Edited By Cerza

    Like everything else he makes, I want one!

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    #26  Edited By Andrwmorph

    I have pretty much every c64 game on my PSP Fat.

    Its even more portable!

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    #27  Edited By mordi
    @Kaido said:
    " On a vaguely unrelated note, who loved the sound a C64's keyboard used to make? "
    Not me. But I love the music that comes out of the screen when playing a C64 game.
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    #28  Edited By Media_Master

    interesting

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