possible to make a laptop?

[MrDudeMan]

everyone always makes systems...that is obvious


but can i buy the parts for a laptop? like the case with the screen, keyboard, and mouse...and then buy the cdrom floppy motherboard ram etc.


anyone got any ideas?

 

[Vegito]

you can buy everything seperate but none of it would fit..

it's almost impossible to build ur own since every notebook is different, shapes are different, etc..

 

[AndyHui]

By yourself? Nope.

There are no real generic standards for laptops as there are for desktop systems due to some very tight requirements for power, battery life, heat dissipation and other things that are very dependent on the design of the laptop.

As far as most people are concerned, you canno build a laptop. Most vendors do offer some sort of customisation with the laptops that you order from them in terms of processor speed, hard drive, RAM and maybe one or two other things.

Motherboards, cases, screens, keyboards and a number of other important things are all proprietary though.

 

[Bovinicus]

It would be nice if you could build your own totally. The memory, CPU, HDD are the only things you can consistently replace.

 

[MrDudeMan]

its not even remotely possible? i understand what you are all saying, and thanks for the info, it was actually quite helpful

 

[Gunbuster]

The chassis/shell, mainboard, battery, keyboard, LCD, LCD power inverter, battery charger board, speakers, cables, heatsink, random plastic bits, touch pad are all custom design.

You can get a barebones setup (if you can call all that barebones) like that then go to the trouble of getting CPU, RAM, HDD, CDROM (might need a custom bezel), (NIC/Modem if it uses MiniPCI) then slap them in and hope it works.

In short, no you can not build your own laptop

 

[MrDudeMan]

im sorry im not trying to be stupid, but i have another question about this


if most laptops are custom design...then can you get the pieces designed for a certain type and put it together yourself? could it be kind of like what we do with normal computers? get it all from a middle man like newegg or tigerdirect....is that a possibility?

 

[RedShirt]

The componies that make the parts make them more expensive than if you just bought a whole laptop from them... So, yes, you could, but you'd end up paying more than if you just bought a whole laptop.

 

[MrDudeMan]

that really sucks....oh well, thanks for the info guys, i appreciate it!!