The Wii Disassembled 160
mrmcgeeber writes "There are two ways to take apart the Wii. The first, as demonstrated by Popular Science, involves breaking the Wii open due to a lack of tools. The second method is a more formal Wii disassembly guide, which is provided by InformIT.com. Either way, you can see some detailed pictures of the internals of the Wii and how the parts are laid out. The InformIT.com version also includes an eight minute teardown video."
Re:So? (Score:5, Insightful)
The news isn't just that it can be taken apart, that'd be silly, pretty much everything can be taken apart some way or another. The news is that someone has provided an article to do it properly and some people like to see what's inside without taking their own system apart also. It's a guide for people who like modding their systems which is a hobby many people enjoy, particularly amongst those of us who like to see what makes things tick.
Re:So? (Score:4, Insightful)
Re:So? (Score:3, Insightful)
Would you begrude the same people who like to tinker in their car's engine or even people who enjoy cooking?
It's also worth nothing that not all of the hardware specs had been released, and the article fills in the gaps in what Nintendo released. It may not be of interest to you personally but you can't say it's not news.
Grr - triwing screws (Score:3, Insightful)
It's like a wall-wart I have at home - I want to get the case off it to salvage the transformer for other projects, yet they use these nasty 'interrupted flathead' screws (two slots opposite each other on the screw head) which now means I have to buy or make a special tool *just* for this one device. Grrr. Eventually the tool will become common (just like Torx bits have become common, that was the last shenanigan they tried to stop people from taking something apart) and they will change to another infuriatingly uncommon screw type.
Re:So? (Score:5, Insightful)
Would you rather read about the latest Google acquisition? Or how about yet another evolution/ID troll? Oh I see let's talk about the RIAA again...
THIS my friend, is news for nerds. Someone took apart their Wi, and you can see the porno-grade pics. Who else on this planet, apart from nerds, would be interested in THAT?
Re:Grr - triwing screws (Score:3, Insightful)
Also, it may be the case that in order to get the various certifications (that CE mark or whatever it is) you need to make it so it cant be easily diassembled (I have no idea)
Re:Controller (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Look at the "revolutionary" technology (Score:3, Insightful)
Sometimes the revolution is about what isn't there, not what is there.
Re:hardware elegance (Score:2, Insightful)
Re:Forgot another method of Disassembly (Score:4, Insightful)
Yes, using a game console for entertainment is clearly a waste of money.
Re:Forgot another method of Disassembly (Score:3, Insightful)
Thats because very few people who were buying a Wii were planning on spending this month's rent on a get rich quick scheme; also, as I noticed on Sunday, most of the people who didn't get a Wii were pretty optimistic about getting one before Christmas so there isn't the panic that the PS3 had about it.
Re:Curious (Score:3, Insightful)
That's not true at all. [gamesarefun.com] Although the chart doesn't say anything about whether the classic controller can be used for gamecube games. Given that you can use both the gamecube and classic controller for most of the same VC games i'd be surprised if the classic controller didn't work for gamecube games. In fact, hold on....
Ok, i stand corrected, i can't get the classic controller to work with Star Wars Lego 2. In fact the remote doesn't work at _all_, meaning there's no way to get back to the Wii menu once you've started a gamecube game without manually reseting the system as far as i can tell. Hopefully both of those issues will be fixed by a patch at some point.
Re:DVD drive? (Score:3, Insightful)
The original Xbox was like this as well, requiring an additional purchase to unlock DVD playback.
Re:Forgot another method of Disassembly (Score:3, Insightful)
Yes, I know the site exists, but it's not what I hoped it would be.