I'm going to build a desktop PC as soon as I can and I was wondering...can I build a laptop, too?
Is it possible and semi-practical to build a laptop like I plan on building a desktop? You know...buying a case, buying a motherboard, buying a CPU and so on and then putting everything together. Are laptop cases and motherboards and all that available for this purpose? I dug around quite a bit and didn't see anything like this.
Also, as an alternative, how practical would it be to get an old, non working computer (like my old Compaq that has a dead hard drive), gut it and put my own hand picked parts in?
My goals: I'd like to build a relatively small laptop for the sole purpose of wireless web surfing (e-mail...message boards...youtube...blah blah blah) on a linux OS (probably Ubuntu). The PC will be for everything else...games, Microsoft Word and all that productivity junk, music recording and editing, etc. I PROBABLY won't even have that connected to the internet...not sure though.
Any help appreciated!
Is it possible and semi-practical to build a laptop like I plan on building a desktop? You know...buying a case, buying a motherboard, buying a CPU and so on and then putting everything together. Are laptop cases and motherboards and all that available for this purpose? I dug around quite a bit and didn't see anything like this.
Also, as an alternative, how practical would it be to get an old, non working computer (like my old Compaq that has a dead hard drive), gut it and put my own hand picked parts in?
My goals: I'd like to build a relatively small laptop for the sole purpose of wireless web surfing (e-mail...message boards...youtube...blah blah blah) on a linux OS (probably Ubuntu). The PC will be for everything else...games, Microsoft Word and all that productivity junk, music recording and editing, etc. I PROBABLY won't even have that connected to the internet...not sure though.
Any help appreciated!