in the very old days, pc's came as build it yourself kits, but there wasn't the selection of different vendor's like today for each specific part... then there were the hellish proprietary systems from compaq, packard bell etc.. with P1 chips and no upgradeability.. nowadays PC users can pick from a plethora of choices for every single component in their pc and build it and customize it as they see fit.. no longer must you pay a premium for a prebuilt machine that comes as-is.
will notebooks ever get to this point? i wish i there was a standard mobile motherboard/case formfactor and many choices of components available with the ability to pick and choose and assemble it yourself, thus saving lots of money in the process and being able to keep current without purchasing a whole new model and lose a lot in depreciation and resale value. a year or two ago my friend paid $3300 to get the latest tricked out P3-800mhz laptop, and now its as good as worthless compared to the purchase price. if you could (simply) swap out the board (and onboard vid) and cpu it would be all good.
so will we ever have close to the flexibility we have in today's workstations in the laptop world ?
will notebooks ever get to this point? i wish i there was a standard mobile motherboard/case formfactor and many choices of components available with the ability to pick and choose and assemble it yourself, thus saving lots of money in the process and being able to keep current without purchasing a whole new model and lose a lot in depreciation and resale value. a year or two ago my friend paid $3300 to get the latest tricked out P3-800mhz laptop, and now its as good as worthless compared to the purchase price. if you could (simply) swap out the board (and onboard vid) and cpu it would be all good.
so will we ever have close to the flexibility we have in today's workstations in the laptop world ?