options, it looks like it's neither cheaper nor does it allow for easier upgrading. Price: If you only need a basic laptop you can find a complete system for what some of those barebones kits cost. Not to mention netbooks that sell for well under $300 now....

such asFirst International Computers (FIC), to resell a smaller number of units while offering value-add kit systems. These kits consist of a barebones notebook, a selection of matching boxed mobile CPUs, SO-DIMMs, 2.5" hard drives, a WLAN module and, last...

can pick whatever you want. Here are the parts we chose to build our demonstration unit with: OCZ’s DIY 15" Gaming Notebook, a 250 GB OCZ Apex SSD, and a 4 GB RAM kit (2x2GB) of OCZ PC2-6400 SO-DIMM memory. We used a Core 2 Extreme X9100 mobile processor....

each additional step up: T2300 $255-270, T2400 $285-300, T2500 $315-330. All the enclosures and base components used for these mini PCs are what might best be called "specialty OEM barebone PCs" - that is, all of them come from various well known vendors...

F=Front, L=Left side, R=Right Side As our research revealed, the device is based on a barebone by the Taiwanese manufacturer Mitac. In the U.S., the notebook models 8350 from Sunrex and Hyperdata and the Aviator AX6 from Hypersonic are based on the same barebone....

small form factor PCs. I wanted something that looked like it was designed to go into a theater, but most SFF boxes were either too mundane or colorful. After a long search I came across a Tom's Hardware Guide review of the MEGA 180 SFF barebone PC from MSI....

DirectX 8.1 (PS 1.1/1.3/1.4) 3D Mark 2003 DirectX 9 (PS 1.1/1.4/2.0) UT 2003 DirectX 8.1 (PS 1.1/1.3/1.4) Chameleon Mark Both systems were based on the popular Shuttle barebone systems. One of the systems was equipped with NVIDIA's desktop...

clears up once and for all whether passive processor cooling is enough for the Pentium M.. Asus' latest model, the M2N, is sold in the US only as a barebone notebook ((i.e., no CPU, RAM, hard drive or operating system). However, it does have Intel's 855GM...

takes less space and can be installed in any case with an AGP slot, which most PCs have. While Compro's PCI TV tuner card solution requires an additional PCI slot, which could be a problem with a barebone system, it still enables you to upgrade your graphics...