Xbox 360 live and Macbook

http://www.nullriver.com/index/products/connect360

I think there might be free alternatives but I can't remember them all right now. Try asking at Team Xbox forums.

Being able to use Xbox Live has nothing to do with your OS. You can simply connect your 360 to your Cable/DSL modem.

If your trying to use the WMC (Windows Media Center) features then yea, you will need a Windows OS with WMC or just WXP to tranfer photos and music.

You could buy a wireless adapter for your 360 and then connect wirelessly to your Macbook. Then, connect to the internet via Ethernet cord plugged into your macbook. Seems simple enough, but it may require some software, i have no idea. For my original Xbox i connect it to 1 of my 2 ethernet ports and then my internet to the second, and i use XBC instead of XB Live. Anyway, thats on my Dell.

On and off-topic post, i'm getting my macbook Tuesday!

Black Macbook: 2.0 Ghz, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB HDD Mac OS X (10.4.6) Boot Camp with WinXP installed

You'll need to turn Internet Sharing on your MacBook. Go to: System Preferences/Sharing/Internet

Choose: Share your connection from Airport, and put a check mark on the port that in the list below. Then plug your Xbox 360 with a network cable into the Macbook. You'll probably need a network crossover cable. You can pick up a Network Crossover cable at most computer stores.

How is your dorm going to be setup? Is there going to be a Network (Interent) port in the wall so you can plug your Macbook into it? Or is it totally wireless?

If there's a port in your room, you can go out and spend $20-$50 on a 4 port network hub. You plug a cable from the wall into the Uplink port on the hub. Then you can plug your Macbook and your Xbox 360 with separate cables into the hub.

If it's a wireless dorm, you can purchase the Xbox 360 Wireless adapter. Hopefully the wireless network in your dorm is using WEP security or no security at all. If it's using WPA2 security, you'll be in trouble because the Xbox 360 wireless adapter doesn't support WPA2 security. All this might be over your head, but the more information you can get the better chance we can help you.

Hope that helps,
AL

You will need the hub if you're going to connect your Macbook directly into the wall. If you're going to connect your Macbook wirelessly, if they have that available in your dorm, I would just plug the Xbox 360 directly into the wall.

If they don't and all you have is the port in the wall, it would be cheaper to go with the 4 Port Network Hub, since the Wireless Adapter for the Xbox runs $99, while the 4 port hub runs lower then half that price.

Hope that helps,
AL

Do you need to have internet available to both at the same time? Or would it be too much of a hassle to just plug in one at a time? Like, if you're going to play your 360, unplug the MacBook, and then when you're done playing, unplug the 360 and connect the MacBook back up.

Several universities only allow one device to connect to the internet in their halls of residence - i.e., your computer. In many cases, simply plugging the Xbox into the wall won't work, because the internet is registered specifically for the computer.

Oh... Well then my plan doesn't work 🙂

If that's the case, you can get a router that can spoof your computer's mac address. That might work.

AL