building my own laptops

[CdnMade]

D0es any 1 know a wholesaler of barebone laptops. somthing where i can Choose my processor, HDD, RAM, OS, or drives: DVD, CD-RW, COMBO that are easy to upgrade

 

[Bovinicus]

I'm pretty sure Dell will allow you to choose all the peripherals you would like. However, I don't know how upgradeable their laptops are.

 

[CdnMade]

i want this so i can resell them and make some $$$. I am tired of selling laptops for other people and making them money. ie dell/compaq/ibm. I think its time for the MOM and POP stores to get in on it themselves.

 

[Bovinicus]

I understand. Actually, I am kind of interested in the answer to your question myself. I am thinking of putting together a laptop for college. I like building my own systems. I would like to build my own laptop too.

 

[AustnJPR]

Try www.ithinkcomputersinc.com
I purchased a mobile Duron from them for my Sony Laptop, I also am looking at getting a DVD/CDRW combo drive from them. They are one of the few places I have found that I could by single lot mobile procs. I am an AMD Channel Partner and they wanted me to buy at least 100 mobile Durons! The problem is getting a qaulity mobo/shell/screen to build off of.

 

[CdnMade]

case link

this is one place i was looking at.
I have sold laptops for them and i know that they are of good quality. I was looking got other options though

 

[Gunbuster]

If you become a IPD (Intel Product dealer) they give you links to some ODMs to buy barebones or ready to go systems

 

[gump47371]

Austn,

Just wondering if the site you gave is correct, or if you mistyped.

I am also looking at building a laptop from scratch, and am wondering if anyone knows of anywhere I can buy mobile perphilals(sp?) such as cases, MOBOs, etc. and/or tutorials on how to.

Thanks,

Gump

 

[Raspewtin]

asus had a program to do that for resellers, i am not sure what happened. i would like to see a standardized laptop formfactor so that building laptops from scratch would easier