Can you custom build a Laptop like a desktop???

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OK, we all know we can built a desk top and know how we do it and that we do it from scratch, but what about a laptop? Can you build it from the ground up? can you buy a case for it can a MOBO for it and upgrade screen size? If not, then why don't we start doing so? If we can't, why don't they make it possible?
 
Lappies can be build...
Reason for wich I think they are rarely build is, parts are harder to find or there just more time consuming...
But mostly think parts for a lappie to upgrade it are harder to find...
or not built :P
 
While it may be possible if you can locate and match the correct parts it usually is far from practical due to expense. Yet there are a few articles where the recommendation for it is duscussed. One is seen at http://www.vnunet.com/crn/features/2010630/moveable-feast

Custom sizing as well as custom assembly would require knowing how match voltages when swapping a standard display for a larger one or a different type. Another item of concern would be finding a custom sized battery to go into a custom sized holder for a non standard housing. The option most would choose would simply order a laptop with custom options available unless you are able to calculate a working design.
 
No, you can't build laptops... Motherboards are propriatary to the case, and there are very few upgrade you can actually perform.

Now, there are very few that you can purchase bare bones(no CPU, RAM, HD, wifi, etc...) but still, it's not totally custom.
 
Ya like the other one said all you really can do is buy a barebone (sometimes called whitebox) laptops, and then you install a cpu, hdd, ram, wifi and thats pretty much it. Alternatively you can grab spare parts out of different laptops and mix and match them together but you can't truly custom build a laptop like you would a pc.
 
You could take a board out of one to install it into a custom made case. But to simply take any brand board and put it into anything prebuilt is where the problems would come up. For the average user? Big Problem! For an electronics engineer? A piece to cake to build a case around the hardwares. Yet the availability of parts would have to come from several existing units.

The drawbacks come from not being able to get them to work together. Most wouldn't have the technical knowledge along with the experience needed for working with various types of materials. You would need machining as well as technical experience to precision fit everything to see it actually work. Incompatibilities between various parts would come up like taking a non Dell larger display with different power requirements and trying to connect to a Dell board.
 
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