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If I’m lucky, I might pick up an XBox 360 Elite this holiday season, assuming I can find a really decent sale. Call it a gift to myself. If I do manage to pick one up, it means I have a classic XBox that I won’t have much to do with, since I can play all of my old XBox games on the XBox 360. At the same time, I’ve been wanting to build a system to be a dedicated media center, complete with movies and music to dedicate to the TV. A little home network connectivity and I can have it play downloaded movies and music on other computers around the house. This story from Lifehacker just might help make those dreams come true.

Using the Lifehacker tutorial, I can soft-mod my XBox (and not care if Microsoft finds out, since I won’t actually be playing anything on it on XBox Live), even upgrade the internal hard drive to give me more storage for music and movies. I can get the new media center set up quickly, on my home network, sharing files, and more.

[ Lifehacker :: Transform Your Classic Xbox into a Killer Media Center ]