Home-Made Computers

spartan3 FPGA +
PSONE             +
Nicad battery     +
wireless keyboard
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$160 and you build it yourself,
10+ hours battery life instead
of 2 hours.

Rich

Alright.... but I was kinda looking for a laptop. I want to use it for
college, to be able to print stuff and use an external USB and all
that. It would be much easier. If anyone can tell me....

Thanks

Find out what the college requires, and see if they have any good discounts
available.

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This sounds interesting... got any links ?

 > I was looking to buy a computer, most preferably a laptop, but the
 > prices were absolutely ridiculous. I was thinking about building my own

Wrong newsgroup.

 > I was wondering if there is any way to build a laptop by myself?

No.  Laptops generally use custom integrated components.  The keyboard
is built into the frame which also has custom-molded speaker ports and
touchpad...  Its cheaper, easier, and more reliable to buy the complete
product.  Memory, wireless cards, and hard drives are about the only
easily changed parts.


I'm typing this on an $800 Acer Aspire 9503 laptop (bought online with
rebate).  Sells for $1k at the local Circuit City.  Not a gaming rig,
but it suits my needs.  Peruse sites like newegg.com, mwave.com, and
others for laptops and also PC parts.


If that's the only problem, consider buying a new internal hard drive.
Much more convenient than an external.  Often faster too.  Often cheaper
on the open market than as an "upgrade".  External drives basically work
the same as internal drives, but USB does add latency (delay), and
they're inconvenient to carry with a laptop.  Other than that, an
external drive can have games, programs, etc.

Daniel

Get thee to a Best Buy.  Gateway AMD64, 80GB drive, 512 MB RAM, about 800
bucks.  Only in the stores near as I can tell.

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