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by Ice Cream Jonsey 01/30/2015, 11:39am PST |
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No I'm not. Wai--
serial malcontent wrote:
That laptop is trash to demonstrate what you can run on trash this way. I made this thread because I've built some of these external card setups for locals in my area and made a profit off of them 'cause they're in cases made of environmentally friendly recycled aluminum we brushed by hand to appeal to hippie-ass mac buyer sensibilities. Except they don't work over USB.
The local nerds working with me claim they can do the grunt work to find out if they can market it more broadly if we can get it to run over USB 3.0, and the datarates don't look impossible to manage. I find myself needing a reality check before I'm ass-deep in parts with no orders so I thought asking Caltrops about upscaling a locally successful business for a reality check.
Maybe we can treat this like a game development thread. How stupid is this and where will it fail hardest?
It's fine. I usually have to put a laptop in a bin when it gets too old to run anything. So why not upgrade it? If you can figure out a way to nicely get the cables inside the laptop then you're really onto something. Is USB 3.0 a requirement? I guess it's the easiest way to make it happen, yeah.
(My bin of laptops are for shit like how you can hook a device up that emulates an Atari 800 or whatever.)
The only real downside I see is that you may be called on for eternal tech support from your customers. Like, you touched it last and now something is broken, I demand you fix it.
My gaming laptop can't run Road Redemption very well. Am I a possible future customer??
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would any of you spend money on external desktop graphics adapters for laptops? by serial malcontent 01/30/2015, 12:31am PST 
I have a desktop for gaming. Laptops are for work. NT by Entropy Stew 01/30/2015, 8:59am PST
Can we just make fun of that laptop? by Ice Cream Jonsey 01/30/2015, 9:01am PST
this thread was secretly for finding out if I'm going to waste thousands of doll by serial malcontent 01/30/2015, 9:49am PST
I'm going to break character and give you some advice. by Ice Cream Jonsey 01/30/2015, 11:39am PST
That's very kind of you, ICJ. Here is the obligatory Fag NT so we respect tradit by serial malcontent 01/30/2015, 12:25pm PST
maybe by blackwater 01/31/2015, 12:59am PST
Thanks, appreciate the response. Would your answer change if I was talking about by an enclosed GPU/PSU unit? 02/02/2015, 10:30am PST
I would have used something like this in a heartbeat back in college. NT by blackwater 02/02/2015, 9:50pm PST
Wow O_O by laudablepuss 01/30/2015, 3:06pm PST
We're going to tuck it away in a small container with good cooling if we do this by serial malcontent 02/02/2015, 10:35am PST
In general, never be the money man. NT by The Happiness Engine 01/30/2015, 3:40pm PST
We're mostly looking at crowdfunding (crowdscamming). I don't want to be the NT by money man 02/02/2015, 10:32am PST
Cons: White Trash as Fuck NT by WITTGENSTEIN 01/30/2015, 6:07pm PST
Pros: Matches trailer park decor, trailer feet chic NT by serial malcontent 02/02/2015, 10:35am PST
I'm coming back to the US, but I would have wanted one before by Lurker 23094 02/03/2015, 2:51am PST
I should clarify one thing. by Ice Cream Jonsey 02/03/2015, 8:58am PST
I guess this is actually a thing by Rafiki 02/13/2015, 5:55pm PST
Enjoyed the CPU firing a lightning bolt by XTREME GAMER Laptop 02/13/2015, 9:41pm PST
It's overpriced, not USB, and as big as a house by serial malcontent 02/13/2015, 10:39pm PST
How does this even connect? NT by WITTGENSTEIN 02/14/2015, 5:20am PST
Looks like it just replaces the battery by Lurker 23094 02/14/2015, 5:43am PST
You could buy a regular tower with the same power (or more) for half as much by WITTGENSTEIN 02/14/2015, 6:57am PST
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