How to build a laptop and how easy is it?

[asim1999]

Dont worry, i am not gonna go out and build my own. I was wondering, how hard is it to build a laptop since most of the boutique PC builders do it (PCSpecialist, Digital Storm, etc). Do they need special machines or do they do it by hand, and how hard is it and how long does it take

[ANewFace]

You can't realy build laptops as a individual. And alot of the time boutique builders rebrand laptops.

[IMPERIUS]

I wouldnt do it but it is possible

[Guest]

They do it by hand but using components hard for consumers to buy, hence the competitive pre-built price. 

[Guest Haduvokone]

Dont worry, i am not gonna go out and build my own. I was wondering, how hard is it to build a laptop since most of the boutique PC builders do it (PCSpecialist, Digital Storm, etc). Do they need special machines or do they do it by hand, and how hard is it and how long does it take

You can probarly customize one but building mah i don't think so maby Some kit outdoor the idk

[Guest]

I've disassembled a laptop before, I'm clearly no expert but I think the casing and motherboard would be the hardest to make. Maybe if you had a 3d printer for the casing it could be done.

[Jade]

You don't and you don't because it's too difficult and time consuming for the average consumer. Boutique builders have access to needed resources. 

[Jobbe03]

In theory it's pretty easy, get a case (they probably make their own, but that'd involve molding and shit), get a laptop screen , get internals, assemble.

 

In reality... Not so much. 

 

The parts they use aren't really accessible to consumers

[asim1999]

I've disassembled a laptop before, I'm clearly no expert but I think the casing and motherboard would be the hardest to make. Maybe if you had a 3d printer for the casing it could be done.

I did that before on my old Inspiron 1750 (dissembled and performed full transplant surgery on it) 

[WinNut]

There are some kits but they are very outdated.

[KemoKa]

I wouldn't do it. It can be done, but you need to have access to a lot of parts that the average consumer doesn't. And if you wanted to go with some really nice metal for the body, you'd need a CNC machine, and that's incredibly slow, expensive and wasteful.

[Guest DollarPC]

Won't try it if I were you

[D2ultima]

You can buy barebones kits (chassis, screen, mobo, etc installed; CPU, GPU, HDD, RAM, etc not installed) and buy the extra stuff if you want.

[Lord Gaben]

It's possible but not easy

[snkmoorthy]

Look at Clevo/Sager barebones or MSI whitebooks. Add CPU/GPU/RAM/WiFi/SSD/HDD. 

[D2ultima]

Yeah to be honest building a clevo ain't hard. MSI... a bit harder. ASUS? LOL NO

[DigitalHermit]

This should give an idea:

http://www.kosagi.com/w/index.php?title=Novena_Main_Page

 

It's hard... You'd need to consider how to supply the power, how to get rid of the heat, optimal mainboard layout, etc...

 

Not to mention protoyping one is expensive...

[Rav]

you can do it I suppose. But not the professional way. There are guides on how to make a computer from a suitcase. so that literally means you can carry the computer, so that makes it a laptop.! 

[ShadowCaptain]

Dont worry, i am not gonna go out and build my own. I was wondering, how hard is it to build a laptop since most of the boutique PC builders do it (PCSpecialist, Digital Storm, etc). Do they need special machines or do they do it by hand, and how hard is it and how long does it take

 

The laptops that boutique builders use are generally barebones kits, the chassis and screens come pre-assembled, then they just fit in the CPU, RAM and GPUs (mxm cards)

 

its not hard at all, my alienware for example is very easy to swap out GPUs, CPUs, RAM and Hard drives, and I could easily take it apart for upgrades