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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."

18 of 310 comments (clear)

  1. 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: 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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    4. 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.

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

    etch-a-sketch

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

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

  4. 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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  5. 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.

  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. 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

  9. 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!

  10. 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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  11. 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 ;-)
  12. 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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  13. 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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  14. 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!!!