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Home-Made Computers m.cornea.h 02-13-2006
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Posted by on February 13, 2006, 1:25 am
Hey all,
I was looking to buy a computer, most preferably a laptop, but the
prices were absolutely ridiculous. I was thinking about building my own
desktop, which I could. I can make a computer better than DELL XPS for
a cheaper price. But then again, I really want a laptop. I was
wondering if there is any way to build a laptop by myself?

Another question:
I may be buying a laptop from Gateway, which is pretty good and the
price floats around $1.300. The thing is, it only has a 40GB internal
hard drive (with more than 40GB it would be too pricy). So, are
external hard drives used only for backing up, or can I also use them
as a normal hard drive, to install/play games on, to surf the web on,
etc?

Thanks!


Posted by on February 13, 2006, 4:23 am
spartan3 FPGA +
PSONE +
Nicad battery +
wireless keyboard
-----------------------------
$160 and you build it yourself,
10+ hours battery life instead
of 2 hours.

Rich


Posted by on February 13, 2006, 6:19 pm
Alright.... but I was kinda looking for a laptop. I want to use it for
college, to be able to print stuff and use an external USB and all
that. It would be much easier. If anyone can tell me....

Thanks


Posted by J. Clarke on February 15, 2006, 9:48 am
m.cornea.h@gmail.com wrote:

> Alright.... but I was kinda looking for a laptop. I want to use it for
> college, to be able to print stuff and use an external USB and all
> that. It would be much easier. If anyone can tell me....

Find out what the college requires, and see if they have any good discounts
available.

--
--John
to email, dial "usenet" and validate
(was jclarke at eye bee em dot net)

Posted by Jason S. Mantor on February 13, 2006, 6:41 pm
aiiadict@gmail.com wrote:
> spartan3 FPGA +
> PSONE +
> Nicad battery +
> wireless keyboard
> -----------------------------
> $160 and you build it yourself,
> 10+ hours battery life instead
> of 2 hours.
>
> Rich
>
This sounds interesting... got any links ?

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