what I love about the idea of a DIY notebook is just the ability to REMOVE items from what is put it in before it is shipped to you.
I don't need an OS, I am wanting to get a new laptop to replace an older one that I have windows xp pro on. I also have windows Vista Ultimate that I got shipped to me for free a little while back that I don't use. Why do I need to pay extra markup for an OS, ship it to me blank!
I don't need a hard drive, I have several 160gb 2.5 inch drives sitting around the house, I can throw one of those in.
I don't want to spend $350 to upgrade to 4gb of ram when I can buy the ram myself at newegg.com for around $70 and install it myself... Savings? I think so!
I don't want to spend $700 to upgrade to a T7000 series processor ON TOP of the hundreds they are probably already factoring in for the processor price when I could spend $200 and get a T8300 online and install it myself. Savings? Looks that way!
Of course, mobo/gpu options would be great, but to be honest, I only play cod4 and the mobo/gpu this thing comes with would handle that and MOST games JUST FINE for what a gamer needs.
I live in Japan and they have some shops here where you can go and choose an unbranded laptop encasing, and then choose what parts to put in it from a list, and they throw it all in and sell it. Of course they mark it up some, but it's hundreds cheaper than weaker machines you can get from dell, acer, alienware, etc.
And so if I can live with this mobo/gpu, which personally I can, this is a sweet deal!
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what I love about the idea of a DIY notebook is just the ability to REMOVE items from what is put it in before it is shipped to you.
I don't need an OS, I am wanting to get a new laptop to replace an older one that I have windows xp pro on. I also have windows Vista Ultimate that I got shipped to me for free a little while back that I don't use. Why do I need to pay extra markup for an OS, ship it to me blank!
I don't need a hard drive, I have several 160gb 2.5 inch drives sitting around the house, I can throw one of those in.
I don't want to spend $350 to upgrade to 4gb of ram when I can buy the ram myself at newegg.com for around $70 and install it myself... Savings? I think so!
I don't want to spend $700 to upgrade to a T7000 series processor ON TOP of the hundreds they are probably already factoring in for the processor price when I could spend $200 and get a T8300 online and install it myself. Savings? Looks that way!
Of course, mobo/gpu options would be great, but to be honest, I only play cod4 and the mobo/gpu this thing comes with would handle that and MOST games JUST FINE for what a gamer needs.
I live in Japan and they have some shops here where you can go and choose an unbranded laptop encasing, and then choose what parts to put in it from a list, and they throw it all in and sell it. Of course they mark it up some, but it's hundreds cheaper than weaker machines you can get from dell, acer, alienware, etc.
And so if I can live with this mobo/gpu, which personally I can, this is a sweet deal!