>>n/a - This is just a concept, so this is not a law or rule to have only 3 types of MB.... It is possible to produce 3 types of MB for every type of body.
About last last idea, I think that prise of LT consist of prise of MB (x), body (y) & etc (z), so we have something like:
x+y+z+profit=new laptop, or
x+profit=new laptop.....
for producer there is no any difference in profit, but expenditure are lower. Also for consumer price of "new LT" is lower....

That's my opinion! :)

brilliant,i love it how you can change the stuff that is broken or out of date cool.

Interesting idea, but near impossible to realize. First of all, several components are simply not interchangeable among notebooks. Motherboard for one, cannot be retrofitted into a smaller notebook if it was designed for a larger one. Therefore manufacturers must bundle motherboards with their respective notebooks (barebone notebooks).

On the other hand, the amount of cooling also restricts one's ability to interchange parts. You simply can't put a high performance GPU into a 12" laptop, because that will practically melt your case.

In conclusion, from almost every standpoint, its much better for the manufacturer to just sell the notebook as a complete package. There are still some barebone laptop out in the market, but the lack of component market simply makes it difficult to adopt.

True touchscreen intergration is the way of the future. Apple are finally giving it a go but the technology has been around for yonks

>>dHr
yeah, this called unification

thats what is needed no need to change the whole casing all we nwwd is just to change the hardware
but for that all the future hardwares must be backward compatible.

>>SaLaNoS The thing I'm talking about is a litle bit different from DIY or OCZ. I was talking about TOTALY configurable by user laptop. Read it again & you will see the idea. It should be flexible as a desktop.

yo good idea they should be mass producing theses types of computers cuz every time there is a new hardware update depending on what is updated it can make ur computer obsolete whitch is a pain

There are DIY notebooks now, actually but with some pre-installed parts.

OCZ for example has these, with a pre-installed GPU but the user is free to install (and upgrade) the processor, RAM and hard drives.

However, of course, the upgrade opportunities are limited as chipsets and sockets are invalidated.

I think it would be enough if laptops were as configurable as today's desktop pcs.
I think laptops will replace desktop pcs eventually and therefore one should be able to modify them in the same way ... (e.g. change cpu, graca, hdd, ram etc. easily without destroying the chassis)