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Barebones Notebook

Posted by michael on from the some-assembly-required dept.

Gsurface writes "The first barebones notebook makes its appearance. The barebone notebook features no display, no CPU, no RAM and no HDD, but only the case, with keyboard and touchpad."

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  1. I bought one of these! by loucura! · · Score: 2, Funny

    It makes a really great prop for my couch... I really needed to take those videos back to Blockbuster.

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  2. Zero posts and its already down? by bogie · · Score: 1, Funny

    nt

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  3. Who needs a screen? by Grim+Grepper · · Score: 4, Funny

    Why back in my day, all you needed were some LED's.

    And why use a hard drive when you have perfectly good cassette tapes laying around?

    1. Re:Who needs a screen? by Wobin · · Score: 5, Funny

      You had tapes? I used to have to insert 28 punch-cards only to be able to play tetris...

    2. Re:Who needs a screen? by phoenix_rizzen · · Score: 5, Funny

      You had punch cards? Talk about spoiled.

      We, my friend, had to input our code using dip switches, 1 byte at a time. And heaven forbid that you make a mistake near the end of the program, 'cause then we had to start all over.

    3. Re:Who needs a screen? by loucura! · · Score: 3, Funny

      You had tetris?! I had to insert 28 punch-cards, for nothing! And it had to be done, too! You know what! We liked it!

      Durned-kids these days.

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    4. Re:Who needs a screen? by loucura! · · Score: 4, Funny

      You had TAPE?! I had to make do with paste... which was fortuitous, because it could double as a tasty-tasty buritto substitute.

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    5. Re:Who needs a screen? by mihalis · · Score: 5, Funny
      You had punch cards? Talk about spoiled.

      We, my friend, had to input our code using dip switches, 1 byte at a time. And heaven forbid that you make a mistake near the end of the program, 'cause then we had to start all over.

      You had dip switches? You were lucky! We had to ... no, I just can't bear it any more.

    6. Re:Who needs a screen? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      You had a crank! We did not even have arms! I had to drag each bit up a hill with my teeth.

      I might start the day dragging a byte per load, but by the end of the day it was all that I could do to move a bit.

      Did I tell you that we worked seven days per week twenty three hours per day. Then the managers started pushing for five nines uptime. That was when I invented that crank for you kids.

  4. And it comes with a barebones webserver by jmulvey · · Score: 3, Funny

    ... because 2 posts into the Slashdot thread, and the website is done-for?

    I think it's their webserver that is running without a CPU.

  5. AKA by endoboy · · Score: 5, Funny

    etch-a-sketch

  6. Problems with hosting on a barebones laptop by ifreakshow · · Score: 2, Funny

    They should have installed the memory, HDD, ect. before posting the link on slashdot

  7. Finally something that ISNT a beowulf cluster by siberian · · Score: 5, Funny

    Finally, something I don't WANT to make into a Beowulf cluster..

  8. Oh this is too easy.... by CoyoteGuy · · Score: 3, Funny

    Now all I need is a high resolution color printout of a desktop, a bag to match, and I can sit at the coffee shop pickin up chicks for a much lower price than buying an actual laptop :P

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  9. Re:Already /.'d? by Soul-Burn666 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm sorry, but I must....

    In Soviet Russia, the sites Slashdot you!

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  10. A way out of the MS tax by Metalhead01 · · Score: 2, Funny
    First off, I'd simply like to say that I haven't had a chance to read article (damn ./ effect).

    But from what the little blurb said, this looks like an excellent way to avoid paying for Windows and all the other bundled software that people don't want or need. Though the cost of parts and installation may offset this just a bit.

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  11. Website by GMontag · · Score: 1, Funny

    Apparently they are running the webserver on one of these things.

    Tech tips: add a motherboard, processor, ram, ethernet and HDD. Might want to add some software and an OS also.

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  12. Barebones webserver by gmuslera · · Score: 1, Funny

    The site that speak of this notebook looks like its hosted in one of them, no disk, no cpu, no bandwidth, no network card, and no monitor to see that nobody can access it right now :)

  13. Keyboard? Keyboard? by burgburgburg · · Score: 5, Funny

    Why in my day, we used to get up at 2:00 am, eat a plate of hot gravel, crawl to the office over broken glass, and when we got there, we'd have to pound on the computer with our foreheads in place of typing. Keyboard? Kids today have it easy.

  14. I'm all for lighter notebooks... by rtrowbridge · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...but how am I supposed to get any work done on a laptop without any RAM or a CPU? :)

  15. Call that barebones? by BabyDave · · Score: 2, Funny

    Here's my picture of a real barebones notebook









    Pretty neat, isn't it?

    1. Re:Call that barebones? by SlightlyMadman · · Score: 4, Funny

      -1 Redundant

      Didn't you read the article? They have that exact same picture up.

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  16. Re:Already /.'d? by daddymac · · Score: 4, Funny
    I'm surprised it lasted this long.

    Considering the web server has no display, no ram, no hard drive...

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  17. Trustworthy Hardware Platform by Michael_Burton · · Score: 3, Funny

    No CPU, no RAM, and no display. But on the plus side, your Windows installation opens fewer security holes than on other laptops.

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  18. Re:ok..... by kfg · · Score: 4, Funny

    From an electronics jobber. Where you'll also find everything you need to design, build and test everything from an old fasihoned crystal radio set to a mainframe computer.

    You need only supply your own money and intelligence.

    These days the answer to "Where do I get. . ." is almost always, " At the store."

    You want a small particle accelerator? People sell them over the counter, or all the parts to build your own.

    The only trick is to find the store. Trust me, it's there.

    KFG

  19. Barebones laptop without a display? by g_adams27 · · Score: 5, Funny


    I'm all for bare-bones, but I at least want all the bones!

  20. Wow by Strange+Ranger · · Score: 5, Funny

    barebone notebook features no display, no CPU, no RAM and no HDD,

    And the damn thing STILL runs Linux. Wow!


    Oh. nevermind..

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  21. barebones server by pyros · · Score: 1, Funny

    Maybe they're using their barebones laptop as a web server. Probably not a good way to market it.

  22. Re:What? by MoonBuggy · · Score: 5, Funny
    No CPU, no screen, no HDD ... Are you sure they're not charging you $$$ for an empty cardboard box?
    Of course not, they're charging you $$$ for a plastic box ;-)
  23. Hey, I used to have one of those... by Archie+Steel · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...if I remember correctly, it was called a ZX81... :-)

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  24. For Sale by dupper · · Score: 3, Funny

    1 barebones server - case, slightly fire damaged. Used to host www.exbitlabs.com.

  25. Lunchbox! by Valiss · · Score: 2, Funny

    So it's a keyboard glued to a lunchbox? I'll make one and sell it to you for half of what they want.

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  26. Finally! by ohzero · · Score: 2, Funny

    A completely secure mobile computing solution...

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  27. who will be the first to offer mod chips? by Seahawk91 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Oh crap, there is nothing to mod!!! Maybe I can use my dremel on the case.

  28. Re:No Display? by Eccles · · Score: 5, Funny

    while videos look awsome, applications look like carp!

    If you got one of those amber displays, would they look like goldfish?

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  29. and it still by geekoid · · Score: 3, Funny

    runs at 150F...

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  30. Wait a darned second . . . by xScruffx · · Score: 3, Funny

    Mead has been selling barebones notebooks FOREVER. You just have to provide an input device.

    High-end Mead notebook: $3.00 USD
    Run of the mill input device: $1.00 USD

    xScruffx

  31. Ill sell you one - good price too. by _ph1ux_ · · Score: 5, Funny

    Totally Bare bones System BLOWOUT!!!!

    For only a nice even $1000.00 !!! You get the following Barebones Laptop:

    No Display!
    No RAM!
    No Battery!
    No Extra Battery!
    No CPU!
    No Keyboard!
    No HDD!
    (1) Laptop Carrying Case.

    You get to pick all the compnents you want in your barebones system - and each can be added at an additional cost.

    ACT NOW! While supplies last!!!

  32. Re:Interesting, but by RzUpAnmsCwrds · · Score: 2, Funny

    That's the point of building a system: it's for people who don't believe computers are a commodity.

    Many people also believe that autos are a commodity. Yet we see many people putting hard work and effort into a car.

    What they, and the people who build PCs (like myself), get out of their machine is much more than what someone who buys a Dell gets out of their system.

    Buy a Dell if you want a tool. Build a PC if you want a friend.