Build your own laptop?

[mikeloaf]

Is it possible to buy parts and assemble a laptop in the same way most of us would knock up a pc? I have been building and selling desktops for years and am interested in building laptops 2.

Can it be done?
Anyone suggest parts suppliers?
Anyone done it?

Cheers,

Mike

 

[franklin97355]

Probably not worth the time or money involved. Search this forum for another thread on this topic, it's been covered.

 

[ANFPS26]

For some reason the Advanced Search no longer works on this site.
Here is one thread on your subject. There used to be a really long one, but I didn't see it.

thread602-475355

Jim

 

[franklin97355]

thread602-423814 Here's another

 

[ShadowWalker11]

No - there simply does not exist a consumer market for laptop components / hardware / etc...
the exception to this being the recent developments by video card manufacturers in the area of making video upgradable in laptops, but that it is far as it's gone - and even that, if I am not mistaken, is not going to be (for some time I imagine) a case of the consumer just going out and picking up a new video card for their laptop and taking it home and installing it themselves.

 

[ceh4702]

all parts are proprietary for laptops and notebooks. Suppliers are not interested in selling to prospecive laptop owners.



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