Input highly needed

[Fez760]

So we can build desktops but i think the age has come to be able to build laptops like buy a case and screen custom boards etc inputs guys?

[SilicateWielder]

If only laptop hardware were standardized

[manikyath]

the problem is laptops are highly customized pieces of kit to make them fit in the very small form factor they're in.

 

19 inch laptops could probably be standardized for a modular system no problem, but when going down to more manageable laptop sizes like 17 and 15 inch it becomes a whole lot harder.

 

my 15 inch samsung laptop's motherboard is literally nothing else than a cpu socket, a soldered on gpu with its vram and two dimm slots. theres no spare room for anything else.

[KemoKa]

This was done years and years ago, and it was a total trainwreck the whole way through. Laptop hardware isn't built to any standard measurements like ATX, and things like motherboards and heatsinks can change in design, placement and layout from one tier of laptop to the next. Desktops are practical to build yourself because there's a lot to work with and most PCs are built out of individual parts anyway. Laptops are not like that, they're built to fit loads of hardware into a very small space, and that leaves little room for tinkering and DIY. a DIY computer would be bulky, cumbersome and more prone to falling apart. The closest thing to a build-it-yourself laptop you can get is buying a configurable Clevo or Maingear laptop. Or building one with a Raspberry Pi and a 3D printer.