Ben's new porta

Ness · Post by **Ness** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:20 pm

Out of curiosity, would you be interested in making another one once complete? $$$

$$$

Post by **Triton** » Mon Aug 28, 2006 8:41 pm

keep in mind this thing likely cost over a grand to build, i highly doubt ben would want to do another one anyway

Electric Rain · Post by **Electric Rain** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 4:26 am

Triton wrote:keep in mind this thing likely cost over a grand to build, i highly doubt ben would want to do another one anyway

He would if he were getting two grand!

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 4:40 am

he said the case cost as much as some of his other portable so heres my (guessed breakdown):

case $400
Sytem $350
System (because the first one fried?) $200
watercooling $100
screen $200
battery $200
total $1450

so with labour about $2000 now thats value!

Ness · Post by **Ness** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:25 am

That's fine with me...I have the funds if he would be interested in doing another one down the road. I wouldn't expect him to do it right away, especially since I know he wants to work on the podcast.

However, I'd definitely give the funds to do another if he wanted to.

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:30 am

keep in mind it is a guess...

Ness · Post by **Ness** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:34 am

It does sound like a good ballpark guess, I'll give you that. Also, the case is all aluminum parts...it might be possible to make it with a different kind of material (to help keep costs down too).

Post by **Skyone** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:36 am

Since when is a case 400 dollars? That's freaking crazy.

Ness · Post by **Ness** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:43 am

Ben did say that the case alone WAS more expensive than most of his portables that he built.

Electric Rain · Post by **Electric Rain** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 5:57 pm

Ness wrote:That's fine with me...I have the funds if he would be interested in doing another one down the road. I wouldn't expect him to do it right away, especially since I know he wants to work on the podcast.

However, I'd definitely give the funds to do another if he wanted to.

How... what...

What do you do for a living? Rob friggin' banks!?

totokan · Post by **totokan** » Tue Aug 29, 2006 6:02 pm

Maybe he's a professional hacker

Just as much $$$.

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 1:55 am

i believe the whole thing will be quite large but quite cool...but more importantly could this be the worlds first water cooled laptop?!

Electric Rain · Post by **Electric Rain** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 2:45 am

*o* wrote:could this be the worlds first water cooled laptop?!

Looks like Hitachi beat him to it... 4 years ago.

*o* · Post by ***o*** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 3:38 am

wow only 4 years too late faster than usual

Ness · Post by **Ness** » Wed Aug 30, 2006 6:37 am

I'm an electronic technician for a contractor. They give me the specs of certain equipment, and from there I diagnose it and repair/replace up to a certain level. If I can't figure it out, it moves onto the next level.

Financially, they pay well...but with the bills (loans [school/car], cell, rent, heat, electric, etc) I'm not left with THAT much, however, I do save a lot of it by keeping myself busy with playing my x360, psp, pc. It's all about saving for a rainy day guys (and gals). I wouldn't ask him though til the beginning of next year because my position is almost done (sucks being contracted) and I wanna use October and November to study and get certified in a few fields as well.

Rich? Naaa...would be nice.
Financially stable? Definitely!