Laptop Rankings Notebook Rankings - Build Own Laptop

Are you tired of the retail laptops and their limitations? Tired of customer support calls and the long queues? Why don’t you start building your own laptop?

The first and most important step of building own laptop is to know how you want to use it. You select the parts and components based on what you need.

• A processor – Intel (forget about AMD!)
• RAM – for multimedia usage up to 4GB DDR3, for high performance 6GB or 8GB DDR3 is recommended.
• Hard Drive – You should check the barebone notebook for the supported hard drive type and preferably it is SATA
• Ethernet Card
• A DVD/Blu-ray writer.
• Graphics Card – If you are full time gamer else the build in Processor graphics would do.
Please note that the barebone note book you purchase should be compatible with the above parts.

The following are the steps to assemble the laptop:

• From the barebone notebook, remove the cooling system and install the processor.
• Find the graphics card socket and install the new card in the slot.
• Now put back the cooling system over the processor.
• Just adjacent to the processor slot, you should find a rail of opening where your RAM chip would fit in. Make sure the RAM sits evenly on the rails.
• Place the hard disk in the provided slot and make sure it is placed completely flat and belted over.
• Lastly, install the Ethernet card and the DVD/Blu-ray drive as they are self-explanatory.
Put the battery back on the panel and switch on the machine and you can install the operating system of your choice.

In the old days many people liked the laptops listed below. Back
then, most of the popular laptops were not built with dual-core CPUs.

Dell Inspiron 6000D

• Intel Pentium M Processor 760 (2.0GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)
• 15.4 inch UltraSharp WSXGA+ (1680×1050)
• 1GB, DDR2, 533MHz
• 128MB DDR ATI’s MOBILITY RADEON X300 PCI Express x16 Graphics
• 60GB 7200rpm Hard Drive (Hitachi 7k60 HTS726060M9AT00)
• 8x CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW) with double-layer (SONY)
• Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 (802.11b/g) Internal Wireless
• Dell 350 Bluetooth Internal Wireless Card
• 80 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Battery
• 53 WHr 6-cell Lithium Ion Battery
• Windows XP Professional

Toshiba Satellite M45-S269

• Intel Pentium M Processor 740 (1.73Ghz)
• 512MB DDR2 SDRAM
• 100GB. (5400 RPM) HDD
• DVD+/-R double layer
• 15.4″ TruBrite WXGA Widescreen Display
• 802.11 b/g Wireless
• Windows XP Home Edition

Sony VAIO S550

• Processor: Intel Pentium M 1.7Ghz 533Mhz FSB
• Video: Intel GMA 900
• RAM: 512MB of RAM DDR2 SDRAM
• Hard Disk: 80 GB 5400rpm Serial ATA
• Optical Drive: DVD +- R/W
• LCD: 13.3″ WXGA TFT with XBRITE technology
• Memory Slot: Standard/DUO compatible slot, PCMCIA TypeII/I card slot with Cardbus Support
• Network: Wireless: 802.11 b/g; 10/100MB LAN RJ45,
• USB & Firewire: One 4pin i.LINK connector (IEEE 1394)9, 2 USB 2.0 ports, port replicator connector
• Audio: Intel Integrated Audio Controller
• Audio Interface: Mini microphone jack, Stereo mini headphone jack
• Modem: Integrated V.90 Modem with RJ-11 interface
• Standard Battery: 1.5 — 3 hours of life
• Weight: 4.3lbs
• Size: (WxHxD) 12.3″ x 1.16 “-1.39″ x 8.85″

Apple MacBook Pro

• Processor: Intel Core Duo 1.83 Ghz
• Video: ATI X1600 256MB GDDR3 video memory
• RAM: 1GB RAM DDR2 SDRAM
• Hard Disk: 100 GB 5400rpm SATA
• Optical Drive: DVD RW/CD-RW
• LCD: 15.4″ 1440 x 900
• Network: Gigabit Ethernet: 802.11 b/g
• Firewire & USB: 400 ports 2 USB 2.0 Ports
• Modem: 49
• Battery: 5.5 hours of life
• Weight: 5.6lbs
• Operating system: MacOS 10.4