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    good barebone notebook makers?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by slow_rider, Mar 17, 2006.

  1. slow_rider

    slow_rider Notebook Enthusiast

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    hey

    i'm looking at getting a barebone notebook but heard general statements that usually they don't come with the best displays... any good barebone makers out there and anyone used and compared against "normal" notebook monitors?
     
    slow_rider, Mar 17, 2006
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  2. Unreal

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    MSI
    Quanta
     
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  3. coriolis

    coriolis Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    ASUS is another
     
    coriolis, Mar 17, 2006
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    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Yeah, Asus is probably the best among barebone makers. But Compal, MSI, Quanta, Clevo all do produce some good/decent laptops.
     
    miner, Mar 17, 2006
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    Where are these made? does anyone know? Quanta is chinese I know that and clevo is from asia also but what about MSI? And ASUS? In fact where can I get ASUS barebones cause I'm having trouble finding them
     
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    ASUS is a great choice

    There based in Asia (sorry, i cant recall the exact company) The expert Coriolis will be able to answer these, since he has a very good knowledge in Asus ;)

    But as far as ordering, that will be online
     
    nickspohn, Mar 17, 2006
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    Asus makes some of the Apple models, so they should be quite high quality. but of course, different models/chassis come from different plants that have diffences in quality, altho it is all under Asustek.

    just like how some car plants only assemble 2 or 3 cars, but belong to a larger company.
     
    gino_lee, Mar 17, 2006
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  8. miner

    miner Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Asus barebones can be found with most of their resellers. They will probably sell you just the laptop without the cpu, HDD, RAM, OS, Wifi which constitutes it to be a barebone.
     
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  9. coriolis

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    ASUS is a Taiwanese notebook company :)

    As for the ASUS barebones, check the ASUS FAQ in the ASUS forums :)
     
    coriolis, Mar 17, 2006
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