is it possible to build a notebook?

[subzero813]

i keep asking questions about these parts 😛

can you get a notebook motherboard from a manufacturer? perhaps a higher-end one. and then just stick it in a suitably sized shell?

 

[Azndude2190]

I don't remember manufactors builidng notebook sized MB's...and since parts are always hard to find for notebooks I highly doubt you can build one your self

 

[deathwalker]

Check this site out.

http://www.abspc.com/diy/notebookdiy.asp

 

[imported_Kensai]

You can buy notebook barebones like the Asus Z71V..

Asus makes quite a few barebones for notebooks.

 

[The Linuxator]

Originally posted by: Kensai
You can buy notebook barebones like the Asus Z71V..

Asus makes quite a few barebones for notebooks.

I was asking a similar question not so long ago in a thread I started. about if anyone knows a website that sells barebone IBM laptops when I was shopping for an R50e, that way I can save about $ 200 on OS and harddrive which I already had from a previous build that I sold, and everyone started giving me answers like your cheap, and go get a life...etc, some idiots. Be carefull they might pop out of no where on your thread. sigh.......ended up buying the R50e Express from IBM/Lenovo.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Asus and MSI are two of the big barebones laptop companies. MSI has some great Turion configurations right now. Asus has a number of different options for just about everyone, but they're all Intel right now.

Price range and features you want?

In a notebook barebones the motherboard/GPU/audio are all determined by which model you get, as well as the type of CPU (Pentium M, Turion, etc), and then you add your own HDD, RAM, WiFi (sometimes), etc.

 

[BladeVenom]

Originally posted by: subzero813
i keep asking questions about these parts 😛

can you get a notebook motherboard from a manufacturer? perhaps a higher-end one. and then just stick it in a suitably sized shell?

Motherboards are farly laptop specific. You'll have to get the motherboard that was made for the case you want. Most video cards for laptops are also laptop specific.

You can buy whitebox laptops, and add your own hard drive, memory, and optical drive. Although the one I looked at before I got my laptop, was more expensive to buy it in pieces than to just buy a complete system on sale.

Hopefully Intel will make some laptop standards, like we have with desktops so you can really make your own.

 

[ShellGuy]

Why would intel make a standard? They could care less who buys the end parts they love the large companys who build the lappys. White box lappys are imo for people who know what they are doing and want a faster Hdd and memory. Stuff like that. As for video it looks right now that Intel is inbed with Nvidia and AMD is with ATI. So if you want a lappy with AMD and a Nvidia card ur outta luck 4 now. There is a nice AMD barebone from MSI that isn't real expensive. List what you are looking for and we can look 4 it with u.


Will G.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Actually Intel will be making some type of standard laptop. I forget the details, but the gist of it is that it will be a standard size motherboard (I'd guess one for each chassis size) but that you can easily swap between machines of the same size chassis; or something like that.

 

[ShellGuy]

Again Fbrd thanks 4 puttin this punk back in his place.


Will G.

 

[imported_Phil]

Originally posted by: fbrdphreak
Asus and MSI are two of the big barebones laptop companies. MSI has some great Turion configurations right now. Asus has a number of different options for just about everyone, but they're all Intel right now.

Price range and features you want?

In a notebook barebones the motherboard/GPU/audio are all determined by which model you get, as well as the type of CPU (Pentium M, Turion, etc), and then you add your own HDD, RAM, WiFi (sometimes), etc.

*nods*

The Asus bases are very nice; we sell them at work and they're well-built, have a good feature set, and not horrendously expensive.
We also sell the AOpen bases; they're cheaper and the build quality reflects that (the plastics are a bit cheaper to the touch), but the feature sets are roughly the same.
In fact, my work laptop is an AOpen and apart from a small panel that refuses to stay clicked down, it's great.