earthpigg
December 2nd, 2009, 10:08 PM
Do you think there would be a market for an OEM that sold laptop parts that could be assembled by end-users, similar to how there is currently a market for desktop components?
A set of standards would need to be established... the basic replacement for an ATX (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atx) case would be... well, lets call it LTX just for fun.
(im going to use inches here. adopt conventions for the rest of the world by whatever method is currently used for desktop displays.)
Let's break LTX down into a few sizes, for displays. your basic LTX case comes with a power supply, a display, and cords. the display size dictates the exact LTX size. so, a 14 inch display would be LTX-14. tentatively, lets start with -8, -14, -17, and -22.
LTX-14 motherboards would be required to fit into an LTX-17, but not the other way around for obvious reasons. if you wanted to (for whatever reason), you could put something together using standard components that is only slightly more expensive than a current netbook, and has a 22 inch display. put a LTX-9 ATOM motherboard into a LTX-22 case.
MicroLTX would be similar, but not have space for a separate laptop video card (o yes, we are standardizing laptop video cards, too) and perhaps top off at two RAM slots. MicroLTX motherboards fit into LTX cases, but not the other way around.
all connectors pertaining to the display, power, etc, would be identical. individual case OEM's can use different hinges to attach the display to the base and whatnot, but the wiring all needs to be identical.
A set of standards would need to be established... the basic replacement for an ATX (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atx) case would be... well, lets call it LTX just for fun.
(im going to use inches here. adopt conventions for the rest of the world by whatever method is currently used for desktop displays.)
Let's break LTX down into a few sizes, for displays. your basic LTX case comes with a power supply, a display, and cords. the display size dictates the exact LTX size. so, a 14 inch display would be LTX-14. tentatively, lets start with -8, -14, -17, and -22.
LTX-14 motherboards would be required to fit into an LTX-17, but not the other way around for obvious reasons. if you wanted to (for whatever reason), you could put something together using standard components that is only slightly more expensive than a current netbook, and has a 22 inch display. put a LTX-9 ATOM motherboard into a LTX-22 case.
MicroLTX would be similar, but not have space for a separate laptop video card (o yes, we are standardizing laptop video cards, too) and perhaps top off at two RAM slots. MicroLTX motherboards fit into LTX cases, but not the other way around.
all connectors pertaining to the display, power, etc, would be identical. individual case OEM's can use different hinges to attach the display to the base and whatnot, but the wiring all needs to be identical.