Abstract: What exactly is a barebone notebook? What are the main models? Who are the notebooks that can be assembled other than barebone notebooks? Why are they labeled by major manufacturers? In order to solve all the questions in my mind, We contacted a merchant who has been doing barebones notebooks for many years and asked him to introduce us to barebone notebooks.
Barebone FAQ Barebone notebook literacy knowledge
A: What is a barebone notebook?< /p>
B: In fact, barebones system Notebooks are not of unknown origin. They are notebooks launched by some regular manufacturers specifically for some consumers to assemble some accessories by themselves. Under normal circumstances, barebone notebooks are all public models, which means that the appearance mold is the same as some commercial notebooks, but there is no brand or LOGO.
A: How many manufacturers are currently making barebone notebooks?
B: In fact, there are very few manufacturers making barebone notebooks, mainly CLEVO and MSI, Quanta They are also doing it
A: Do these companies that make barebones have many specific models to choose from?
B: This circle is very small and there are not many models. Currently, the mainstream barebone systems CLEVO include P150HM and P170HM, and MSI has 16F2 and 1761, but these four are relatively high-end models. Basically, they are sold by a few fixed merchants who specialize in barebone notebooks. The workmanship quality of the machines is relatively good in all aspects, and the repair rate of high-end machines is quite low.
In addition to CLEVO and MSI, Quanta also has barebone TWH, which has a relatively low positioning and is relatively scattered. After getting the barebone system, it sells it with random hardware combinations. In terms of risk probability, the failure rate of TWH will be A bit higher.
The models on this market are relatively mixed. In addition to the regular barebones, some are factory products or assembly machines. Such machines sometimes pretend to be barebones and are assembled. Machines are generally easy to break, which damages the reputation of the barebone system to a certain extent
A : So what are the barebone systems from Dell, HP, and Lenovo that we see online?
B: Manufacturers like Dell, HP, and Lenovo do not produce barebone systems. Barebone systems can only Only notebook OEMs have ODM molds to ship products, but brand operators do not have this.
A: We can also find some positioning onlineHigh-end Dell Latitude E6410 and HP EliteBook 8460P empty machines, so where do these come from?
B: This may be an assembly machine or an engineering machine. The pile of accessories left over after the factory has produced them will be packaged and sold. Merchants who buy these accessories will assemble the usable items. After the products are completed, this is the assembly machine.
Theoretically, the quality of the assembly is OK if it is all original parts. However, the assembly machine often lacks small parts or uses parts of similar models to assemble. However, the quality of the assembly machine is unstable, and the assembly with good accessories will be better. There are also some parts that are reworked from the factory, and the risks are higher when they are assembled.
Summary: It seems that barebone notebooks are not of unknown origin as we said before. There are still specialized manufacturers making such products. However, there are also some assembled notebooks from Dell, HP, and Lenovo on the market. As mentioned above, some of these notebooks may be assembled from parts. Of course, some stock models cannot be completely ruled out.