[http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2010/01/shuttle-hints-at-build-your-own-laptop-with-spa-format-ready.ars]
Interesting. Can't wait to see these things pop up at Sim Lim. ===== New initiative aims to usher in era of DIY laptops An ecosystem of interchangable notebook parts could one day allow users to build their own laptops, if an initiative designed to rescue small laptop OEMs from extinction at the hands of Dell, HP, and Apple gets off the ground. By Ari Allyn-Feuer | Last updated January 14, 2010 9:33 AM A Shuttle initiative geared at saving small laptop OEMs from extinction by banding them together with increased interchangeability of parts may one day allow users to build their own laptops as they now do with desktops. The new Shuttle PCB Assembly (SPA) and MicroSPA motherboards can be changed out with a few screws, and are compatible with a wide variety of laptop chassis. [...] Of course, such programs have been tried before, and there are reasons why they haven't succeeded. Laptop thermal management is difficult, and custom engineering can squeeze extra millimeters, ounces, and clock cycles out of a design that a standard unit could never achieve. Shuttle assures me that they've ironed out these problems, and that their designs are competitive with the latest from the main players in size, weight, cost, and hardware diversity. [...] ===== -- Soh Kam Yung my Google Reader Shared links: (http://www.google.com/reader/shared/16851815156817689753) my Google Reader Shared SFAS links: (http://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/16851815156817689753/label/sfas) _______________________________________________ LUGS Mailing list - [email protected] List FAQ: http://wiki.lugs.org.sg/LugsMailingListFaq Info page: http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet To unsubscribe send an empty email to: [email protected]
