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Poll Results: Would you buy a laptop barebone if you could?

 
  • 56% (35)
    Yes
  • 43% (27)
    No
62 Total Votes  
post #1 of 17
5/13/04 at 6:45pm
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Would you buy a laptop barebones if you could?
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post #2 of 17
5/13/04 at 6:47pm
Would you buy it if you couldn't make it work?
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post #3 of 17
5/13/04 at 6:54pm
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All you have to add for a laptop barebones is: CPU, RAM, Hard Drive.

The ram and hard drive are pretty easy to put in, the cpu is the only thing i haven't put in yet. I dunno, i'm asking your YOUR opinion, vote in the poll
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post #4 of 17
5/13/04 at 6:56pm
Would you buy a laptop barebones if you could make it work?
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post #5 of 17
5/13/04 at 7:53pm
Barebones? A laptop w/o CPU, RAM, and HDD is not "Bare Bones" - IMHO..
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post #6 of 17
5/13/04 at 8:07pm
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Originally Posted by Go-Omaha
Barebones? A laptop w/o CPU, RAM, and HDD is not "Bare Bones" - IMHO..
Ok- so you order the laptop with a screen and gpu...not exactly barebones, but as close as most people are gonna get with a laptop...
That would be
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post #7 of 17
5/13/04 at 8:12pm
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Originally Posted by brinksw
Ok- so you order the laptop with a screen and gpu...not exactly barebones, but as close as most people are gonna get with a laptop...
That would be
But..... not mentioned are the LAN, WIFI, MODEM, BLUETOOTH, Optical Drive(s), x-in-x readers, and a number of other things.

Why not without the LCD and GPU -- after all it's "Barebones"?

I think that I understand the question; however, for a statistic it is just too general. Maybe a few categories of "basic system" would prove to be more relevant that a limited "yes/no" that leaves the defination of "barebones" up to the reader.

Stats, damn stats, and lies... I think that is what has been said in the past??
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post #8 of 17
5/13/04 at 8:18pm
Actually, the quote is (if I remember right) "Lies, damned lies, and statistics."

Got your point, tho.
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post #9 of 17
5/13/04 at 8:46pm
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Originally Posted by TrickM
Actually, the quote is (if I remember right) "Lies, damned lies, and statistics."

Got your point, tho.
Second time that quotation has needed correction recently.

Have to agree with Omaha here on the issue at hand, however. Notebooks are unfortunately - by design - fairly integrated devices. What a majority of the buying public considers a "barebone notebook" is actually already available for sale from a number of retailers, and has been for quite some time. Here is but one example.

Why a number of typical advanced users avoid barebook notebook purchases is quite simple: cost. Most have the ability to assemble the machine from parts; however, purchasing a barebone notebook with the intent of then purchasing the additional components (processer, hard drive, RAM, etc) is often just not very cost effective. When a barebone notebook is indeed cost effective would be the case where a number of spare parts are already on hand, and one merely requires a shell to house them to produce a functional unit.
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post #10 of 17
5/13/04 at 11:51pm
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Come on, 95 people have viewed this thread, vote! i would love to have 95 voters
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post #11 of 17
5/13/04 at 11:59pm
It really is a poor, unspecified question and I don't think you should try and gather any relevant information from it. If you wanted the question to be useful you'd have to define exactly what you mean by barebones and maybe add a corollary that said "and if laptop parts had similar availability and cost as desktop parts in comparison to off-the-shelf retail systems".
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post #12 of 17
5/14/04 at 12:09am
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this is a bias estimator, i know my statistics, i know this isn't an SRS, i know all of that. I would like to know the opinion of educated people on laptop barebones systems.
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post #13 of 17
5/14/04 at 9:18am
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Originally Posted by chewygoal
It really is a poor, unspecified question and I don't think you should try and gather any relevant information from it. If you wanted the question to be useful you'd have to define exactly what you mean by barebones and maybe add a corollary that said "and if laptop parts had similar availability and cost as desktop parts in comparison to off-the-shelf retail systems".
Agree with the above.

Not that an actuary would know a thing about statistics, mind you.
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post #14 of 17
5/14/04 at 1:42pm
I voted yes, but would like to change that to no. There are no laptops on the market today that could take end-user add-ons (floppy, DVR, x-in-1 readers, etc) and not end up butt-ugly. If you buy all your laptop add-ons from the same vendor that sells the laptop, then you already have what's available.

About the only way I could see a benefit to this is if the vendor offers more CPU options (speaking specifically from my 5680 perspective) and frequent BIOS updates. I'd love to try dropping in a new Dothan in it and see if I get the same performance w/ much better battery life...
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post #15 of 17
5/14/04 at 3:23pm
Notebooks should be barebone to begin with. All that needs doing is to get the industry to agree on standard mainboard formats and specifications as well as other components. Much of that is already in place and with the coming of PCIe, there will be more. But its really time for some standardazation.

That would make selection of components a matter of personal taste, not the manufacturer's decision. Any compatible video card would fit any compatible mainboard and all would fit in compatible cases. Same with screens, drives, batteries and so on.

This would be the best thing that could ever happen to notebooks. Prices would plummet, as it would be just like desktops now. In fact, the two should be interchangeable. The differences would be in power draw and heat waste. If you don't want to have to get the heavy duty case that can contain the mongo cooling system, you stick with the low power components. If you already have a self-propelled computer bag/portable bar/sleeper cab, hey, go for the fuel cell power pack and the plasmotic converter cooling system that recycles that waste heat back into the power pack instead of losing it to the atmosphere.
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post #16 of 17
5/15/04 at 12:34pm
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Need more input! GO GO GO
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post #17 of 17
6/17/04 at 9:03am
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Why a number of typical advanced users avoid barebook notebook purchases is quite simple: cost. Most have the ability to assemble the machine from parts; however, purchasing a barebone notebook with the intent of then purchasing the additional components (processer, hard drive, RAM, etc) is often just not very cost effective.
Says who?

Examples like gamepc.com who have parts in there laptop that are upwards of $200 marked up, just for 1 part. Why bother when you can get the barebone and stick whatever you want in it for alot less.
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