Build Your Own Laptop?

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Chuck wrote:

> Can anyone relate an experience, report an information site, or just
> comment on the problems surrounding building your own laptop? Also,
> can someone list stores from which one can purchase the desired
> components?

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The bottom line is that you can't do it except by buying used parts off of
ebay or dealing directly with a manufacturer in containerload quantities.
The best you can do is a barebones machine to which you add memory, disk,
and possibly a processor.

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--John
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(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

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Chuck wrote:
>
> Can anyone relate an experience, report an information site, or just
> comment on the problems surrounding building your own laptop? Also,
> can someone list stores from which one can purchase the desired
> components?

I assembled my latest laptop from discrete components: chassis
(including
CD-RW/DVD), HDD, CPU, and memory. Specifically:
ASUS Z80K (a.k.a. A2K)
Toshiba 80 GB/16 MB/5400 rpm
AMD 3400+ (61.5 W)
2x512 DDR400

It didn't save me a lot of money, but I had near absolute control over
the
the components.

Carl

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On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 18:26:43 -0500, Carl Kaufmann <cwkaufmann@cox.net>
wrote:

>Chuck wrote:
>>
>> Can anyone relate an experience, report an information site, or just
>> comment on the problems surrounding building your own laptop? Also,
>> can someone list stores from which one can purchase the desired
>> components?
>
>I assembled my latest laptop from discrete components: chassis
>(including
>CD-RW/DVD), HDD, CPU, and memory. Specifically:
>ASUS Z80K (a.k.a. A2K)
>Toshiba 80 GB/16 MB/5400 rpm
>AMD 3400+ (61.5 W)
>2x512 DDR400
>
>It didn't save me a lot of money, but I had near absolute control over
>the
>the components.
>
>Carl

Thanks to all who offered advice on this process. ISTM that the
difficulties outweigh the gains. Perhaps I'll just wait for the new
versions to come down the pipe.