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    What's Barebone system?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by Pom-AWD, Oct 17, 2006.

  1. Pom-AWD

    Pom-AWD Notebook Enthusiast

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    I saw in GenTech's Website
    What does "Barebone System" mean?

    And How's about Asus CTO laptop from this website?
    Is it OK?

    Thanks,
    Pom
     
    Pom-AWD, Oct 17, 2006
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  2. zadillo

    zadillo Notebook Virtuoso

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    Usually it means that it is just the core elements of a laptop; the case and motherboard usually, and that's about it. You then buy your own optical drive, CPU, GPU (not sure how common that is, or the GPU might be part of the barebones system), RAM, hard drive, wireless cards, OS, etc. and put it together yourself.
     
    zadillo, Oct 17, 2006
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  3. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Barebones is a full notebook, sans a few things, the HD, CPU, wireless card and RAM.
     
    coriolis, Oct 17, 2006
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