"Jeff" <spam.me.senseless@sitting.duck.net> wrote in message
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Notebook computers are not a "niche" market; they outsell desktops.
What you have described is the 'small form factor' or 'bare bones'
computer. www.newegg.com for the basics.

Q

On Sat, 19 Nov 2005 19:45:17 -0700, "Quaoar" <quaoar@tenthplanet.net>
wrote:



How are the 'bare bone' systems at newegg considered "portable", which
is the thought behind the poster's idea.

How would you carry that barebone system, monitor, keyboard and mouse
around with you in the house?

As seen from comp.sys.laptops, on
Sat, 19 Nov 2005 20:09:32 -0700,
Curtis Newton <cnewton{delete-this}@akaMail.com> wrote:

Not to mention that I never called notebook computers, in gereral, a
niche market. I said they've evolved =into= niche markets, and so they
have: desktop replacements, light 'n' thin ultra-portables, all-around
good performers for business applications, souped-up multimedia
powerhouses for gamers and video editing, workstation class notebooks
for CAD and such, etc., etc.

My focus, then, is on one of those niches-- the desktop replacement.
Wouldn't it be great if you could build you own, custom designed to
your own specs?