Building a laptop...

JustinJustin Atlanta
edited January 2005 in Hardware
OK, I came here over a year ago because I wanted to build myself a PC. Now, I have done that many times over and am looking at trying my hand at a laptop. I know that it is a "Little" different than a PC but, I think I can do it. I have seen chasis for sale with no parts so obviously there is a market for components. I want to do a A64 system, with decent graphics, and a GB of RAM, DVD+-RW, and a pretty big hard drive. Any suggestions for starting points?

Comments

  • mmonninmmonnin Centreville, VA
    edited January 2005
    Dont even try it.
  • TheLostSwedeTheLostSwede Trondheim, Norway Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    The barebone Laptop business is getting pretty big here in Norway. Acer and one more manufacturer gives you that option i think. There's a lot of money to be saved.

    Edit: Aopen was the manufacturer.

    http://solution.aopen.com.tw/products/nb/

    Search on Pricewatch for the best prices on these.
  • muddocktormuddocktor
    edited January 2005
    I know that if you look around that you can find barebones laptops from several vendors, where all you need to do it to install a cpu, ram and hard drive, but I don't know about buying a bare chassis. It might be pretty hard finding video subsystems to fit it.
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    The barebones approach would make a lot of sense. After all there are really on four manufacturers that make laptops, to include the Apple badged models. Yup, just four makers, whose machines receive branding from dozens of names. That's quite a good economy of scale - and quite a profit markup for the name brands.
  • Nickboxer7Nickboxer7 KC,MO
    edited January 2005
    Building a laptop is a cool idea, but it is very expensive. Each part for a laptop is a lot more than each part for a regular pc. I think it would be pretty hard to find all the parts to put it together, since most companies building laptops are strictly building laptops, not selling parts. Good luck to ya though.
  • LeonardoLeonardo Wake up and smell the glaciers Eagle River, Alaska Icrontian
    edited January 2005
    You could buy a couple new laptops, different performance specifications, disassemble the new machines, and transplant the parts into a new laptop case you could buy! Yes, that's the ticket. Oh, wait, that could really be expensive. Well, you could at least rightfully claim that you built the laptop! Just wouldn't want to tell anyone that the parts cost you $3000+ to obtain. Think I'll stick to desktops.
  • Nickboxer7Nickboxer7 KC,MO
    edited January 2005
    Leonardo wrote:
    You could buy a couple new laptops, different performance specifications, disassemble the new machines, and transplant the parts into a new laptop case you could buy! Yes, that's the ticket. Oh, wait, that could really be expensive. Well, you could at least rightfully claim that you built the laptop! Just wouldn't want to tell anyone that the parts cost you $3000+ to obtain. Think I'll stick to desktops.


    There's only one problem to your plan. Most laptops are proprietary, and not interchangable. They are becoming more interchangable, but not near enought to move parts from one to another. The only way you could do that is if you got the same model series, brand, or etc., if even that. I can't personally say that I know all laptops in a certain brand's series is interchangable. You would just have to figure it out yourself.

    P.S. Your money problem is also a MAJOR problem.
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