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Possibly. I'll just remove the images then as the links are there.
You can get bare bones laptop kits. I've never tried it though.
I've built my own desktops and servers before, but found that it didn't save me money.
The problem is less about saving money and more about being able to see if I'm getting what I'm paying for. For instance, I paid 1500 for my current laptop only to have to send it back not long after due to the fact they made it with cheap plastic and the hinges on the model were known to break easily. And all the other little break downs and now at about 3 years it's starting to come apart. At this point, I've been burned twice by "good deals" and I'm less inclined to go the cheaper route, but I don't want to waste money needlessly.
Its just going to be a little harder to find that parts you want... methinks.
I've heard that it is much harder to build laptops than PCs. I might just concede the point and save until I can get a desktop and a kindle or something so that I have the workhorse at home and something I can travel and read with.
Currently I'm playing using a MacBook late 2009 without problems, just not great performances. Since it's getting quite old I want to buy a new one and the Asus N550JV-CM160P seems a real bargain! 
It does look like a bargain, but after the last two times I felt that way about a computer I'm inclined to avoid such things now. XD I'm a bad judge of computer character.
