s50.photobucket.com - 11/24/2008
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Slot Loading Xbox 360 Uses Guts of an iMac
forums.benheck.com - 11/24/2008
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forums.benheck.com —
Hey all, just wanted to show the slot
loader I've been messing with. This is an old
iMac I had sitting around doing nothing, so I decided to put it thru some extensive hardware altering. This is by no means a slot loader made to work with the 360, but ...
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gizmodo.com - 11/25/2008
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It's a matter of taste, but seeing the
technological phenomenon in motion, this slot loading Xbox 360
is fairly enviable. Modded with a Frankensteinian hybrid drive combining half the Xbox's stock Hitachi (DVD) drive with half of an iMac's stock ...
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Slot Loading Xbox 360 Uses Guts of an iMac [Clips]
Gizmodo —
It's a matter of taste, but seeing the technological phenomenon in motion, this slot loading Xbox 360 is fairly enviable. Modded with a Frankensteinian hybrid drive combining half the Xbox's stock Hitachi (DVD) drive with half of an iMac's stock (CD-ROM) drive, the job looks like it must have been a complete pain. But luckily, we have the power of internet video to get our vicarious optical media insertion kicks. [Xbox-Scene via Hardocp]
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How An iMac Can Improve An Xbox 360 [Xbox 360]
Kotaku —
The New Xbox Experience fixed one outdated aspect of the 360 - its user interface - but there's still one thing about it that just screams 2005: the disc tray. A tray ? Jesus, it's like rubbing two sticks together to start a fire. This guy has a more elegant solution: rip the disc-sucking-and-spitting mechanism out of an old iMac and put it to better use in a 360. Works like a treat. Slot Loading Xbox 360 Uses Guts of an iMac ...
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You got to love Xbox 360 modders, well now this time you can see in the video below that the Microsoft Xbox 360 has a slot loading DVD drive instead of the normal slider tray. Got to admit we do like this version better.
The whole idea came from an old CRN-8242B from an iMac which was ...