I have heard that --"All laptops are made by just a few
manufacturers" and I have even seen the sites that the post that said
that sent me to.

OK well and good but--- I cant find it again. Please refresh my
memory... or give me references. Thanks in Advance.

TKR
PS this email has been overwhelmed with some 144K /each spam in spades
so please add an even number before the at sign.

TKR wrote:
http://www.powernotebooks.com/Name_Brand.php3

Q

TKR wrote:

http://www.anandtech.com/ has the latest news on that.

To the best of my knowledge all wide-screen (15.4-inch or greater, like
the Dell Inspiron 8500 and 8600, Dell Latitude D800, Compaq Presario
X1000) laptops are made by Quanta, which now makes the Pavilion zd7000 at
17.1-inch, like the Toshiba P25-S507. These wide screens are advertised
for their luminosity, but they are distinctly darker and bluer than the
15-inch enhanced UXGA screens of the IBM A30P/31P, Toshiba Satellite 5100
and 5200, Satellite Pro 6000 and 6100, and the 16-inch UXGA screens of the
Sony GRX series.

The same site says that the Dell’s Latitude X300 and Inspiron 300m
produced by Samsung. You can read more in it.

In article <638e9759.0309240316.4508ada3@posting.google.com>,
spiritposts@hotmail.com says...
Not only all laptops but PC cases etc too.
--
________________________
Conor Turton
conor_turton@hotmail.com
________________________

Then he goes on to name seven "ODMs", but there are more, and Toshiba
still makes some of their own (using Compal for some other models), as
does IBM.

Bottom line here is that the headline says one thing, but the body of
the text itself supports the FACT that there are over a dozen
manufacturers (there may well be several dozen, but I can only
personally identify about a dozen). In my book, that's more than "just
a few", although there is no arguing that the actual manufacturer and
the name on the logo plate are often if not usually different.


Quaoar wrote:

In article <5sn4nvc9n1ic6k8it4ccl7vr5aja0382cv@4ax.com>, <Use@less.nfo> wrote:

Yes, it does need to be updated - I'd love to read a more current
version - but you may want to look again, for the paragraph starting,
"An ODM named Compal makes..."

-- Mark

Whereas On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 03:25:34 GMT, Use@less.nfo scribbled:
, I thus relpy:
Compal is in there.

--
Gary J. Tait . Email is at yahoo.com ; ID:classicsat

Whereas On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 16:14:29 +0100, Conor Turton
<conor_turton@hotmail.com> scribbled:
, I thus relpy:
And lower end home electronics (they have their own set of ODMs). A
good example is the Chinese made DVD players.
--
Gary J. Tait . Email is at yahoo.com ; ID:classicsat

Sum: Help me make/find a clone like a 12" powerbook
----------------------------------------------
From: Lapster (Lapster@nomail.com)
Subject: Re: "All laptops are made by just a few manufacturers"
comp.sys.laptops Date: 2003-09-24 06:45:36 PST

TKR wrote:
http://www.anandtech.com/ has the latest news on that.

To the best of my knowledge all wide-screen (15.4-inch or greater,
like
the Dell Inspiron 8500 and 8600, Dell Latitude D800, Compaq Presario
X1000) laptops are made by Quanta, which now makes the Pavilion zd7000
at
17.1-inch, like the Toshiba P25-S507. These wide screens are
advertised
for their luminosity, but they are distinctly darker and bluer than
the
15-inch enhanced UXGA screens of the IBM A30P/31P, Toshiba Satellite
5100
and 5200, Satellite Pro 6000 and 6100, and the 16-inch UXGA screens of
the
Sony GRX series.

The same site says that the Dell's Latitude X300 and Inspiron 300m
produced by Samsung. You can read more in it.
------------------------
Conor Turton <conor_turton@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<MPG.19dbc53322c68fdf9896ab@news.claranews.co m>...

I am interested in making "a clone like the new powerbook"
23/sep/03
Presenting the new 12-inch PowerBook G4, featuring a brilliant
active-matrix display housed in a stunning aluminum alloy enclosure
weighing just 4.6 pounds. The most compact full-featured notebook
in the world starts at just $1599. And the airport Extreme card ads
98
The new 12-inch PowerBook G4 comes with built-in support for DVI,
VGA,
S-video and composite video signals. And since the 12-inch
PowerBook
supports dual display mode and video mirroring, you can extend your
work area and mirror your projects to an external display...
Built-in Bluetooth. with the NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 with 32MB of
DDR
SDRAM, 1GHz PowerBook G4
When I look at the clone laptops that are 12" which is what I want
because
of several reasons. For instance because of the ease of handling it
(I might not be as strong as you are), the lower battery drain of a
smaller screen, the ease of hiding its presence meaning better
security.

So all comments and suggestions are deeply appreciated.
I was especially interested in the comments on screen quality.
Thanks and thanks.
TKR
(at the moment in the Netherlands)

TKR is back, after more research, to focus this discussion on what I
need. LOL

spiritposts@hotmail.com (TKR) wrote in message... a month ago.


So it seems the best I have found is the Fujitsu for $1600, ouch.** I
could prolly use an older chip as far as I can see but the details,
wireless, combo drive, are must haves.
====From Fujitsu ==Other Supplier linked from Yahoo was higher.
SUM: Fujitsu Model S2000, weight 3.8-4.5, Mobile AMD/Athlon XP-M
1900+, 2 DIMM
Up to 1 GB,13.3 XGA,HD: 40 GB -bat(w/bay 8.5 hrs), Modem/lan/54G WLAN,
dimensions- x1.3", Pricing $1,199 + [Warr 1 or 3]
Possible addons: 512 MB memory module +$150)
WHAT IS THIS? "Extended Memory" (256 costs 50+ and 512 200+)
I added modular bay battery +116 and 2000-pro +100 and floppy +20, not
512 memory
--Price came to $1379
then extended price came up as $1585 ????
===any ideas, crits, suggestions? === how to get discounts, better
price?

Thanks to all. TKR
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