Assemble laptop/notebook

Hi folks,


Has any folk successfully assembled a laptop from parts? Just came across following website on Internet browsing;


http://pchub.com/uph/


They are selling laptop components.


I built many workstation and server w/o problem. But never built a laptop before. As curiosity I start this posting.


My main interest on building laptop is not solely for saving hardware cost but avoiding paying licence fee to MicroSoft which to me is only a waste. All laptops available on market are preloaded with Windows. I cease running Windows for >8 years. That means the buyer of the laptop must pay licence fee to MS as compulsory. This is extremely unjust. User of laptop is at liberty to select his/her own OS NOT being compelled running MS' prodcuts and/or paying licence fee to MS as forfeiture.


TIA


B.R.
satimis

 

Some resellers will sell the Compal IFL92 without OS. You can also get T61 with Linux...barebone notebooks generally comes with mobo, GPU...everything really except for ram, CPU, hdd, wireless card...err Cant think of anymore.

 

good luck building your laptop from scratch

 

satimis,

Johnny is right. If the main reason is to avoid MS, you can buy a laptop without OS. I bought an IFL90 last summer from PowerNotebooks without an OS. They now sell the JFL92. My wife is thinking of buying one without OS. And that's just one example of what is available. If you look around you'll find more.

You said price is not your main issue but I'm going to mention something. Just in case. When I bought my IFL90, I looked to see whether it would make financial sense to buy it barebones and put in the parts myself. I kid you not: the price for a barebones plus parts was higher than the price for the same system already assembled and tested at PowerNotebooks. And then you have to consider the fact that if you put it together yourself you have to manage the warranty of each part independently. If you buy a pre-assembled laptop from a dealer, you usually just have to deal with one warranty and one dealer. If you do price comparisons make sure you compare equivalent hardware and that you take into account all the costs, including shipping and taxes for each and every part. If you order from different places, shipping charges can start to add up.

Good luck with whatever you decide.

 

Hi folks,


Thanks for your advice.


I posted this posting just after shopping on computer shops. All brand name laptops/notebooks must be sold together with Vista. There is no option. It is compulsory. I'll shop again on other malls.


Actually I don't prefer building laptop/notebook even though I have extensive experience on building desktop PCs and servers. Unless I'm compelled to do so.


What I dispute is paying licence fee to MicroSoft as compulsory for a product which I don't use.


Besides Windows Vista is preload on the laptop with a recover disc provided but without installer supplied. In this arrangement neither I can repartition the HD adding non-Windows OS. Parted in Open Source (similar to Partition Magic) may do the job to repartition existing HD with OS running. But there is a risk. In case of failure where can I get a Windows Vista installer to reinstall it? This is totally unjustified arrangement on paying the licence fee.


On virtualization I must run Windows Vista as Host and other OS as Guest. This is an unstable setup. On virtualization it needs a trouble free OS as Host.


There are Linux OS running on Windows without "wine", the simulator. This is NOT my preferred arrangement. (Maybe there are Unix whcih can run on Windows. But I'm now aware. I fail to see OpenBSD/FreeBSD/etc. can run direct on Windows)


For such reason I start googling parts to build my own laptop/notebook.


B.R.
satimis

 

Well, you are looking in the wrong places.
You are looking for a barebone laptop, so that you ahev the option of getting it without an operating system.
Check out RJTECH, powernotebooks, Prostar, Sager, Xotic for laptops.
You can buy the entire notebook minus the operating system, or you can buy the pieces of the laptop, and fill in the blanks with other computer components which you can buy elsewhere.

K-TRON

 

Hi K-TRON,


Thanks for your advice.

I didn't know its technical term "barebone laptop" before. Now I found many sources on Internet. I'll shop again.


B.R.
satimis