ed
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Has anyone ever built a aptop from scratch using a barebones thingie?
They used to sell them on Ebuyer, but I can't seem to find them anymore...
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Cosmo
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Asus and Acer (IIRC) both do whitebox type thingies that you can then build up yourself.
As hard as hens teeth to find though...if you do let me know and wouldnt mind this myself.
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ed
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Not having a lot of luck finding them anymore. Might just have to get an HP or something, which is a bit gay as they market them towards idiots who don't mind paying shit loads of money for somthing that isn't that special  Though every time I go into a computer shop I get more and more tempted by a Mac Book. Gay.
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Cosmo
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Mac FTW 
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Ally
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There used to be loads of Clevo and Asus barebones about but its like rocking horse shit now.
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ed
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Originally posted by Cosmo
Mac FTW
They are seriously tempting me. Which is worrying because I used to hate Apple stuff, well only because of the whole iPod thing doing my head in.
The only problem would be is I would need to run Windows on it for a few apps, but I could dual boot it I guess....
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ed
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Mac Book Pro FTW. Until I saw the price tag 
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Cosmo
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You could run Virtual PC on it too if you didnt want to dual boot.
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quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
You could run Virtual PC on it too if you didnt want to dual boot.
Or Parallels with the new Intel Macs, which is a better way of doing the same thing.
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ed
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You could run Virtual PC on it too if you didnt want to dual boot.
Is there any loss in performance doing that?
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John
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Look at Dells, very good value for money and if anything does go wrong the support is better than the competition imo.
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James_DT
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
quote:
Originally posted by Cosmo
You could run Virtual PC on it too if you didnt want to dual boot.
Is there any loss in performance doing that?
Yes, although less than you'd get on an older Mac.
Parallels is a similar way of running Windows on a Mac, but it runs much faster.
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i would recommend Dell laptops and not their Desktops  i have an Acer and that is fairly poor, its quite an old one but doesnt get used that much and on a 100% charge i get a marathon 9 minutes of sluggish use
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ed
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Not too keen on Dell laptops. Can't seem to get the spec I want on them as they put the right hardware and OS on the XPS, but too small a screen and a poverty spec graphics card to match. On the other models you get the right size screen and a good graphics card, but the wrong o/s.
Can't seem to win.
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Dom
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Originally posted by ed
Not too keen on Dell laptops. Can't seem to get the spec I want on them as they put the right hardware and OS on the XPS, but too small a screen and a poverty spec graphics card to match. On the other models you get the right size screen and a good graphics card, but the wrong o/s.
Can't seem to win.
surely you would just put what ever OS you want on the system, it's the spec you should be buying one for 
[Edited on 20-11-2007 by Dom]
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ed
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Well not really, I don't really seem to think it's a good idea to buy a computer which doesn't have the right software on it in the first place if you are going for a ready built system, but I guess it's an option though...
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Dom
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Originally posted by ed
Well not really, I don't really seem to think it's a good idea to buy a computer which doesn't have the right software on it in the first place if you are going for a ready built system, but I guess it's an option though...
Aslong as you can get the drivers (from manufacturers website etc) then i don't see the problem, especially if you're looking for a specific/or certain spec'd machine.
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Russ
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ring dell, i spoke to a english man called razak today, he sorted me out with what i wanted for 550 thne i said it was to much, so he upped the gfx to 8600 gt, then i said its too much, he knocked delivery off. i still didnt want it though so hung up lol
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by Russ
ring dell, i spoke to a english man called razak today
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John
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Depends where you get through to, will all be glasgow soon.
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ed
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Fuck, don't know what's harder for a southener to understand. Paki or scottish...
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