Can you assemble a laptop
Yesterday, I had the privilege of opening and upgrading the RAM of a P4 computer a relative had assembled from scratch. Thats when this weird thought occurred to me: Why can't I assemble a laptop in a manner similar to a standard desktop computer? What exactly stops the assembling of a laptop from scratch? My search let me to this post which nicely explains that this is not possible due to lack of standards in the laptop world. For instance, there is the Atx standard which is universal for desktop motherboards. A poster proposes a hypothetical Ltx standard for laptops:
Leaving aside the topic of standards, is it possible for an average John Doe like me to assemble a laptop from scratch in a cost effective manner? If yes, then how do I go about it? |