Lap Top

Not really since the parts are pretty much non-interchangable. There are
companies that sell kits or the loose parts to build certain "whitebook"
models. Twinhead is one of the companies that come to mind that do this.

In short ... no.

Desktop PCs can be custom built and configured at home because they use
standard case configurations, form factors, etc ... Laptops do not really
adhere to any standard for construction.

Open any two ATX desktops from different vendors (say, an HP and a Dell) and
you will find the components and connectors in relatively the same
configuration. Open two laptops from the same two manufacturers and you will
find two completely different designs. Processor, RAM slots, drives (and
hence their connectors), will all most likely be in different places. And,
unless things have changed since the last time I was inside a laptop (I
admit it's been a while) the processor is not socketed, but soldered to the
board. The only generic components that will work with any laptop would be
SODIMM RAM (in most cases) and 2.5" hard drives (granted BIOS support for
the particular drive capacity).

At best you can buy a "kit" which contains all of the hardware (some of
which, no doubt you can customize) to build one yourself. But the lack of
expandability and flexibility of hardware configuration makes building a
laptop only good for the experience ... it doesn't offer the advantage of
selecting components based on performance as compatibility becomes the major
deciding factor.


Drumguy


"Rob" wrote in message
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Is it possible to "Home builld" a lap top?

Rob
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