I want to build my own laptop.

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Anyone know any websites that sell laptop shells that you can build components into yourself? i have been looking but cant seem ot find a website that will sell just a shell.
 
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You haven't, because you can't build a laptop like that.
Everything is designed around everything else. There is no generic 'laptop' like there is with desktop cases.
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You haven't, because you can't build a laptop like that.
Everything is designed around everything else. There is no generic 'laptop' like there is with desktop cases.
 
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good to know, i figured that they built the case around specific motherboards, but isn't that a great way to suck money out of people!
 
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It's not sucking money, it just the tradeoff you accept when you buy a laptop.
Portability vs performance/price/power.

And it's not just the motherboard. Ports on the side, power button, screen and hinges, cooling system, etc, etc, etc. All unique.

I have 3 laptops sitting here. HP, Toshiba, Sony. All pretty much the same size. Zero swappable parts, aside from the generic 2.5" hard drive, and maybe RAM.
 
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