Great idea and suggestion, Mike. I've built several towers, but never thought of trying to build my own laptop. Have you yourself done this?
I'm not sure where to look to find a source for a kit, but I'll google for it to see what comes up. Recently, I've even been thinking of getting one with a lower powered processor (i.e. core 2 solo) as those reportedly have longer battery life and since I don't care about games, I think most laptops today are way over-powered for what I need. And for my needs, I really do not need more than 80-100 Gig HD. Also, I've have wondered if it might make more sense to have an external DVD-drive to keep the laptop itself light for travel. I'd really be interested in your thoughts and other plug members' thoughts about these things. Mike Enriquez wrote: > I don't if anyone has mentioned it but try building your own laptop. > The first time you build one it takes about 3 hours. Build it the way > you want it! The benefit is that you will always know what is inside > of it and you can always fix it yourself if something goes wrong. > There are only 5 major manufacturers of laptop in the world. If you > order 10 million units they will even put your name on them. Intel went > after them to agree to standardize their laptops so that Intel dealers > could build them and replace the parts easily. Intel calls them White > Box laptops. Find an Intel dealer and ask them about it. I built my own > and I am very happy with it. > The laptop comes to you in parts with a video that shows you how > to put it together. > Look into it and build the laptop you really want. > Good luck. > Mike Enriquez --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
