My answer here is a little vague, but I can tell you I have talked with
people who say they have.  There are places you can buy the shell (with
screen), motherboard, etc. and build one from scratch.  On the other hand,
those same people said they would have saved money to buy a comparable
system already put together.  Seems they did it just to prove they could.

Kyle

From: "Daniel Danellis Ellis" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 9:56 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Building notebooks


> Any one ever build their own notebook?  Someone was asking me if it was
> possible to do.
>
> As most notebooks are proprietary, and differ so much, I was doubtful I
> could find any standard parts to build one from scratch.  I looked a bit
> on the web, and did not see much.
>
> Any one confirm my thoughts of "No".
>
> Thanks
> Dan

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