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The PS3 Laptop: from Ben Heck to Engadget with love

By in Uncategorized on April 10th, 2008

digg_url = ‘http://digg.com/playstation/The_PS3_Laptop’; Rewind back to late 2006. The PS3 was launching alongside the Wii and geeky editors like ourselves were having a field day. We’d already managed to convince our good pal Ben Heck to build another Xbox 360 laptop and the Wii Laptop, so it was only a matter of date before we started brainstorming on how the hell we could possibly fit a PS3 into a “portable” enclosure. That’s the part where Ben stepped up his game and worked his magic — on and off for nearly a year and a half — to build… the PS3 Laptop!

The fundamental specs:

17-inch LCD HDTV screen: 720p
HDMI-DVI connection (same as last Xbox 360 laptop)
Built-in keyboard, USB ports, stereo speakers, headphone jack
Size: 17 x 13.75 x 3-inches
Weight: 16 pounds!

You want that one of a kind piece of kit for your very own, PlayStation fanboys? You got it. We’re auctioning that thing for charity real soon, so watch out for details (we’ll additionally have some video of the PS3 Laptop in action on the site tomorrow). And, naturally, big ups to our pal Ben Heck for the expanded hours and love he put into that thing. The man is truly a hero of ours, so be certain to hit up his site to check out his other projects, as well as the other instructional stuff he’s done here on Engadget.