THE WII LAPTOP

The Wii came out with a bang and now there’s no one who doesn’t recognize the name. Following hot at the heels of Gamecube, the Wii is distinguished by the Wii Remote which the user can use to point and to detect acceleration and orientation.

Now the gaming world has been given another treat. Ben Heckendorn, known to the gaming world as Ben Heck , has finally unveiled his newest modification, the Wii laptop. Ben Heckendorn is no stranger to video game modification, with numerous credits under his belt. His works have been featured in many gadget magazines and in popular gadget sites online like endgadget, where a step-by-step instructional video of the making of the Wii laptop can be found.
This Wii laptop was unveiled to the world on January 19th on endgadget, and people gobbled it up and gave it a new name: the Wiitop. The gadget has a 16.9 widescreen LCD monitor, stereo speakers, two I sensors located on top of the LCD screen , a built-in sensor bar, output jacks for hooking the thing up to in external display, among other things.

The possibilities of taking the Wii laptop on long trips and flights was the most noticeable thing on the comments on the post, and Ben Heck even hinted that the mod could probably be made to run off your car’s cigarette lighter. Waiting for your flight, for your train, or simply killing time in a coffee shop will never be the same again. With the Wii top in tow boring and uneventful moments of staring blankly into space is now gone.

The other most asked question was will the mod be available for sale, and how the thing can be bought. People hinted that Ben Heck should start to mass produce the Wii laptop, although according to him the project was made on commission. Still, some were adamantly interested in sending their Wiis in for modifications.

The first part of step-by-step instruction was out by the following week. The first part basically covered how to disassemble the 300 dollar contraption, getting familiar with the innards of the Wii, and how to rework the heat sink. The task was daunting to some, and some complained about some details that were apparently left out in the first part. This did not prevent the second part of the step-by-step instructions from coming out once more on endgadget, which received a few less than desirable reviews as well. The second part covered the rebuilding the internal components and designing the case while the third part that followed steps on how to make the case and putting the finished work in it. The instructions were pretty detailed, although the work was more appropriate for those who have had enough experience in taking apart simpler units, and those who wouldn’t mind if their attempts at creating a Wiitop of their own went awry, considering that the Wii costs around 300 dollars. All in all the world has seen the Wiitop, and it likes.