Best Barebone Systems for Laptop

it starts up much faster than my pc desktop or my other windows laptop and you would never know that it is not operating under a microsoft operating system.

this pc is not a replacment for a full sized laptop and it wasn't designed to be so.

it is just the right size - bigger than a phone, smaller than an ordinary laptop, and does everything one would want of a full size laptop.

what i like about this notebook is that it has lots of features that regular laptops do not have.

(it's just a brick, like a laptop's psu, so no noise)

:)slim dvd + 3.5" bay for the fullsize 5.25" bay : slimcdfdcagedual 2.5" laptop drive adapter for 3.5" bay : sata35252x other thoughts: bought it for some testing - will be setting it up as a

other thoughts: mine came with a wi-fi anthena on the back and i put in an old intel laptop wi-fi adapter i have.

- quiet- cool- low power consumption- small cons: - 2gb memory limit- uses laptop memory- no dvi port, only vga- no ide connections, only sata- no pci slot for a riser - can't expand in any

having only one case fan, it is quieter than my sony laptop.

would have actually preferred if it took laptop harddrives to save on space but thats just me.

it takes laptop memory, not desktop memory, so i had to spend an extra $10, rather than use some of the spare ddr2s that i have.

dual boot win xp home and ubuntu 9.1 32 bit cons: none other thoughts: bought g.skill 2gb 200-pin ddr2 so-dimm ddr2 533 (pc2 4200) laptop memory for it.

other thoughts: i'd like to see shuttle come out with systems that use all laptop components : penryn mobile, laptop mem, 2.5" hard drives and slim or slot-in blu-ray burner combo drives.

i am used to working inside laptops so this seemed to have a lot of room to me, aside from all those cables everywhere.

makes laptop look stupid.

compared to my previous machines (sn25p my last one) this box is way silent, even more silent than my dell xps gen 2 gaming laptop when under load...

i also had a friend available on a laptop for tech support.my build specifically (helps to keep things written down so you can get the proper support when needed):intel core 2 duo e8400 wolfdalewd