Homebuilt Laptops

[Praetor]

In the fashion that we can make our own custom built PC towers and such, I have heard about that it might be possible to make our own laptop (although, understandably, with a much smaller selection of parts and at a higher cost). Is there any truth to this? And I dont mean those custom built notebooks you can get from some company, I mean really "home buillt"

 

[darkd3vil]

ive heard of a friend who was gonna try this.... then he killed him self eh dieing is for posers

 

[Praetor]

??

 

[ian]

With the direction of laptops or notebooks being towards much lighter and thinner, cramming more technology into a smaller place, I dont think think you will see homebuilt laptops as an option.

 

[darkd3vil]

i bet you could pull it off, i mean it might be a bigger heavier laptop but i think you could pull it off

 

[Praetor]

Well yeah, I'm not concerned about size nor so much battery life. In truth my ideal notebook weighs 10-15lbs (really not noticable considering the textbooks ive got) and a battery life of 2:15. I'll look into this more when i have money to buy a scrapped notebook "chassis"

 

[kermit]

I'm looking to upgrade my laptop but as far as building you own it's probably not done on such a wide scale as desktops.

 

[Praetor]

Indeed, it would definitely be a premium/niche kinda market spot

 

[kb1ghc]

i've heard of buying a crappy laptop, and completly upgrading it, processor and all

 

[Praetor]

Yes but to do so would require a CRAPLOAD of upgrading (i.e., the mobo) which would me you'd have to be able to buy the mobo somewhere .... any thoughts?

 

[Exploded_Monitor]

you could put hinges on a LCD about the same size as a tower, and glue the hinges to the tower. It would be home-built.

 

[Echo_]

making a laptop is a big hassle. usually people buy a busted laptop off ebay and repair it and upgrade grpahx card cpu and buy a screen to fit and a case to fit it all