is there a way to build notebooks?

[boxed]

Are there parts where you can put them together like our desktops?....would it be cheaper/better that way than getting htem from...dell/sony and such?...how hard is it? last but not least...is it worth the trouble? putting together a desktop is a piece of cake...laptop?...eh?

 

[KevinH]

Well...sort of. You can buy white box notebooks and pop in hard drive, ram, cpu, wireless etc.

The video card/mobo/lcd/chassis are usuallya package deal with DVD-CDRW usually sold as a part of it as well

RJ TEchis an option. Pretty cheap to do so yourself.

 

[inhotep]

you can buy asus barebone laptops

 

[deathwalker]

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

 

[Mingon]

I built my aopen 1559 (also 1557+1551 versions)- its quite simple and takes 20 mins

 

[Josh64FX]

I built my barebone..

Got an Asus Z71v barebone for $750
then got the hd, ram, cpu, optical drive and wifi pci card...

It took me 25min and its a great notebook...

 

[makken]

some companies sell you a barebones, which usually includes a case/screen, a mobo, and a video card.

Asus is a big one on barebones, look for the built on Asus lineup (the Z-models). The big deal breakers with these is that really, the only components you can change out are ram, CPU, HD, and DVD/CD, everything else is already set.

plus add the fact that most pre-assembled notebooks can be had for a similar price, maybe even cheaper, and the entire point is lost.

 

[The Linuxator]

Originally posted by: makken
some companies sell you a barebones, which usually includes a case/screen, a mobo, and a video card.

Asus is a big one on barebones, look for the built on Asus lineup (the Z-models). The big deal breakers with these is that really, the only components you can change out are ram, CPU, HD, and DVD/CD, everything else is already set.

plus add the fact that most pre-assembled notebooks can be had for a similar price, maybe even cheaper, and the entire point is lost.

:thumbsup: Agreed, but I think the only saving if any is if you already had the OS , or you are going to run Linux on it , and or if you had the parts already.
In my case before I bought my Thinkpad R50e I was looking for a Thinkpad but I already have the harddrive, the OS or rather OS's Fedora Core 4 & Win XP pro, so I went on quest for weeks and I couldn't find any place where I can get an IBM thinkpad Barebone, so I had to buy the R50e from IBM directly and formatt the harddrive & have sold it on Ebay for a good price, sold the stock Infineon memory, and I was considering selling the, COA sticker with a copy of a windows XP home too, so that way I made my losses pretty minimal but I had to waste time on posting them for sale.

 

[ShellGuy]

The only real issue with building it your self is no warranty really to speak of. And lappy parts aint cheap.


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[The Linuxator]

Well except the warranty for the parts you have harddrive. min-pci wlan, memory and ASUS has a warranty on the barebone and so does MSI, but the difference between this warranty and the warranty you have on a pre-assembled laptop is that when you have an issue that you don't know what it is, you are forced to send each component to it's manafcturer for a replacement / repair. Not like the case when you have a pre-assembled laptop you send the whole thing to IBM / Lenovo, Toshiba, Sony, Panasonic....etc for a one stop checkup.
I don't recommend laptop barebones unless you are pretty good with hardware troubleshooting just when the case arises.

 

[boxed]

ah ok, thanks guys for the great info!