Apparently locating the vendors of the various parts required to complete such a build is not as daunting a task as I first thought it would be, Just follow the steps suggested at Toms Guide & use Google Keywords like “whitebook shell” & “barebones…
I bought a cheap notebook a couple of years back, it's an Acer Aspire 4315 & it comes with Vista Home & a 7200RPM SATA Drive, as well as a Dual Core P4 & after upgrading the ram it has 2 gigs, So I feel I'm qualified to say that I gave Vista a fair…
Price would most likely be the only reason to build your own Notebook!
However the location of parts at a viable price is the most foreseeable obstacle.
ie:
Case, Mobo, Ram, CPU & HeatSink-Combo at a savings that would make it worth doing.
Because…
I was glad to see the honesty in the comment made by Dan on 7-20-2009 in which he said:
(Don't kid yourself about "Macs don't crash". That's a total farce, and they do have the GSOD or "Gray Screen of Death")
Your statement on GSOD & the Myth surro…