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EXccord

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The title is vague however allow me to elaborate. I am a college student and having built my desktop PC back in 2005 I am happy to say it is still kicking till this day and continues to do so with all the games I have installed on it and 9gb of hdd space left. Now here is my question and plea to you guys out there. I am looking for a few resources on sites where I can start building my own laptop...if that is possible? I wouldnt know where to begin on looking for a "case" or whatever it may be seeing that this would be my first laptop build. I have seen quite a few laptops on newegg.com that are nice however the thing that drives me away from that is all the crapware installed on it. I enjoyed installing windows xp professional on my desktop PC only to have 0 crapware and everything I need to run the OS...what a beauty it was. I have no urge to deal with all the bs crapware that I will need to uninstall and even then not work out for me in the end.

What Im asking...sorry sorry...i know im just typing and typing

1)Useful resources for me to use to build my laptop(I know how to peice it together..thats no problem to me...looking for sites where I may purchase a laptop case if that makes sense?....call me a newb if ya want :/.)

2)Anything else that you would like to add in or so.

Basically I am getting my financial aid at the end of this month possibly and I would love to have me a laptop built that I can utilize for my school work as well as whatever I would like to use it for.


Thanks for all of your help people! This site never disappoints
 
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there are a couple barebone ones out there but you cant really 'build' a laptop from scratch. unless you buy broken bits and pieces off ebay and try to put it together that way.. but good luck getting something like that to work.

a more simpler solution is reformat. reformat and reinstall a fresh copy of xp. no 'crapware' to bother with that way. problem solved

 
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Originally posted by: clandren
there are a couple barebone ones out there but you cant really 'build' a laptop from scratch. unless you buy broken bits and pieces off ebay and try to put it together that way.. but good luck getting something like that to work.

a more simpler solution is reformat. reformat and reinstall a fresh copy of xp. no 'crapware' to bother with that way. problem solved
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agreed. I actually have a copy of windows xp that....as funny as it sounds..i used a few times when I reformatted my computer..twice due to power outages frying my hard drives and leading to blue screen bootups. Called them up and they would issue me a new cd key for free..funny stuff. The windows xp thing is no issue for me..I will most definetely stay away from vista..i think its a P.O.S OS and is worthless..but thats my opinion. As far as cost worthy...would it be better just to purchase an already built laptop(saw a few that i liked on newegg.com such as an HP and an acer) and then upgrade? I came across an article from computershopper.com by google searching for guides on building laptops and etc. They had purchased an Asus barebone package but I just felt not too compelled by the fact that they spent $1200ish on a laptop that when playing F.E.A.R got 18fps at its native resolution..funny but yeah.

All in all more cost effective to:

1)Upgrade as well as install a fresh copy of windows on an already built pc
or
2)Purchase a barebone system and get my own stuff

I dont know much about laptops and their graphics cards and what not except that most of them have on-board grafx cards. Its such a simple decision that I cant really put a decision on. Im looking to stay under 1000 if my choice leads me to purchasing an already built laptop and then proceeding to upgrade it...and as far as I see on newegg.com I think its very possible
 
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Buying a prebuilt laptop will be way cheeper than building one, to say nothing about how much easier it is to buy than build a laptop.

One problem you may run into is your copy of XP. It appears to be an OEM version. OEM versions are tied to the original computer it was sold with. So long as you are "repairing" the original computer, MS is pretty good at letting you reinstall the original OS. But changing from a desktop to a laptop is going to be a stretch and MS probably won't issue a new key for that.

So, you'll need a new laptop and another copy of XP. Get a retail copy this time and you will be able to move it from machine to machine forever.

Another thing you'll have to watch out for (when converting a new laptop to XP) is that if the new laptop comes with Vista, the drivers you need for converting it over to XP may not be available at all. Just check that all the drivers you need will be available before you part with your cash.
 
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to the windows xp comment thing...nah my version isnt OEM..i got a buddy to get me a copy from the uni at a discounted rate. Either way Ive reformatted atleast 4 times and have received a key for it..i mean either way it wont hurt to try. With all thats being said Its almost seeming to be more feasible to buy a prebuilt one since they would definetely seem much nicer cosmetically along with me being able to upgrade. Im just worried about getting a sh*tty graphics card since im not to up to par on whats good and bad with laptop grafx cards

about windows vista...ive tried it before and I just dislike it. I dont need all this fancy graphic oriented stuff..It reminds me of a mac and if I had wanted all that stuff I would have bought a mac..I just prefer windows xp's straight forward useage
 
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A couple years ago it seemed like the BYO notebook market was poised to takeoff but it seemed to just fizzle away. You could buy alot of barebones notebooks and just add hdd, mem, & cpu and you'd be set. You'd generally be doing somewhat of the same thing as the Dells and HP's of the world, with the pricing and custom software development disadvantages (in terms of special apps to make the notebook function better). You would pretty much be at the mercy of the hardware manufacturer in terms of apps for instant-on media programs, power saving softwares and touchpad/scroll drivers, etc. Search for barebook, whitebook, or barebones notebook and I'm sure you'll find more than a few.
 
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