How to Make a Simple Homemade Laptop for under $100 

So when does the cardboard ignite from all that heat?

Me: Mom can i have computer Mom: we already have a computer Computer at home:

Imagine walking into the classroom on your first day of computer science with THIS!

Parents:You Got a laptop! Kid: Oh boy! Tysm! Kid:Mommy this is cardboard

Well apple and hp better pack up we got this guy

Mr krabs needs to see this

Lenovo exists. JoshBuilds Im bout to end this man's whole career

Apple: okay what’s your design for a future Apple Mac You: it’s called the cardboard, I say we sell it for 3000 dollars!!

A good idea to impress your parents, they would probably think you're the next Steve jobs

I would do this, but I'm afraid I'm gonna mess it up

bring this laptop to work everyone in the office: is this guy looking at a cardboard?

I'm here almost 4 years later coming to thank you for motivating me for electronics and raspberry pi thank you sir from all my heart

I’ve always wanted to play Minecraft pi edition I love it

*But can it run Crysis?* this is too old why am i saying this.

Me *1 minute ago* Me: this is gonna be easy! *clicks* *hours later...* Me : mom! Can u buy me the items I need to use Mom: no

Oh god, that is so cool. Reminds me of my mom's first laptop, a Dell Inspiron 1545 that was purple.

The idea is really cool maybe make a part 2 where you make it more compact.

7 inch screen - $40.88 Power Regulator - $7.76 Battery - $7.39 Raspberry pi - $35.00 Total: $90.06

This is so cool! Defenitly gonna make this!

Now all we gotta do is wait for troom troom to put little hearts and glitter on there without damaging the computer. iT’s NoT a ProBLeM aNYmoRe

that pc runs minecraft better then my computer does (my pc is a samsung notebook 2010)

Note that if you parallel two lithium ion batteries you *NEED* to make sure they are well matched. Namely they should be bought together in a two-pack so they come from the same run and everything. Given that you aren't even using a battery protector or anything, I'd like to recommend the Panasonic NCR18650 series which can go to a lower voltage (meaning if you accidentally leave the DC-DC converter on after the system shuts off from too low voltage it gives you longer before it actually damages the battery) and they have a surprisingly good capacity over the usable voltage range too (the higher numbers you see are assuming you discharge all the way down to the lower voltage these support which is impossible, but over the standard voltage range it still has great capacity. I don't have the means to measure, but I'd say at least 2600mAh, possibly as high as 2800.) These usually come in matched pairs as well, but are more expensive. www.amazon.com/dp/B00DHXY72O/ Overall this seems like an interesting way of going about this. It keeps the complexity of most designs down significantly. Though it shouldn't be too hard to do this using wood pieces or something for a bit more sturdiness. I'm not sure cardboard would hold up well at all to folding and unfolding. EDIT: That's a real find on that screen! I'd never found a seven inch screen so cheap that used HDMI instead of I2S or whatever. BTW, that music sounds suspiciously like the Lode Runner (Sierra remake for Windows) music. :-p

This new Nintendo LABO kit looks amazing!

but does it scratch at level 6 with deeper grooves at level 7?

When you order laptop in aliexpress

Works better than my alienware computer

I just made my lap top and now I am impressing people

My reaction on the small thumbnail was "wood casing? meh". Then I saw it was a cardboard! I had to watch that! Really cool stuff! I was deeply surprised by the way you kept those battery connectors together! That was incredibly clever! But I will eventually use cable ties instead, because that rubber thing will eventually break (they are fragile, specially if the battery heats them).

This is a great idea keep up the good work My cousin would love this

Would it be possible to make 3D printed case for this?

This is really fun. nicely done

cool project, gotta love the raspberry pi, amazing machine

When you drop water on this thing

Computer nofitications when watches this vid: Google wants to know your location.

Wow the new Nintendo Labo kit looks cool!

This is the funniest shit to me, imagine you’re in class and you whip out this bad boy

realy amazing. but i see no headphone plugs or spekers?

Who else thought this was a joke?

Wow that’s amazing my dude

YO new gaming setup with that pc is gonna be lit

At least it's more durable than a Chromebook. And it can run programs other than Google Chrome. Actually, this is better than a Chromebook in every way.

Hmm, let's make a laptop with my own keyboard, never had a mechanical laptop... *puts keyboard on desk*... we've gone over our budget... 180 euros for just the keyboards...

great build

You have gained yourself a subscriber!

Wow Nintendo labo

Well what I do is: **buys laptop from ebay** **covers it in cardboard** BAM BOOM DONE

I actually build this and it works! Thank you so much!

Wow creative ideas and your videos are good :) I like it

If I made one, I wouldn’t be porting it anywhere. I’d be too afraid I’d shake it up too much and ruin it...

less then 100$? 50mb of RAM Intel 4004 740 kHz 30Gb of HDD GeForce 256 Windows 95

Awesome! I’m doing this but in tablet form

wow it is great job I am also interested in making such a laptop

Just be lazy and buy one on the internet

Wouldn’t you just buy a 100$ laptop instead

This is incredible! Although, I'd use a more powerful/durable substance than cardboard, let's say titanium for example.

Well, I'm subbed. That is so awesome. I'm gonna make one with my kid

Play gta 5 on that computer xD

I didn't now Raspberry could be that... a computer.

*Me when I show someone my gaming setup*

I've thought about doing something similar to make a briefcase computer with a microatx motherboard, though the challenging bits would be powering it (which would actually be easy if you don't put in a battery) and making it look less like a bomb. Decided buying a cheap used laptop on eBay that needed a couple minor repairs like a hard drive replacement and a new keyboard was a better solution. :P

Notice Me Josh: I Like Your Experiment From The Cardboard

and you got scratch offline editor wow! :O

I love the fact that it's waterproof!

Who needs a fancy computer case,when you have recyclable cardboard for it.

So thats what People call a potato pc...

Still more ports than a macbook

Thanks Recommended list, At least I kno what to do when broke

Nice parallel batteryconnecting technique

Very nice indeed

Still better than my computer.

Timmy needs this

That beat at 3:25 seriously sounds like some Neptunes beat from the early 2000’s

*Microsoft wants to know your location*

Well the new model of LABO aren't bad

but it's unique! 5 star for its creativity.

Can you tell me where I can find that mini computer circuit thingy?

Hey JoshBuilds! I am thinking about building this, and i there any way to plug in a mouse???

NICE,my new computer😂😂😂

I like the stop motion

Nice job bro

Who used to play Minecraft I now I did My school:ha nerd!

this video really very super !

Clever. You could also use plastic containers for the case I would think.....

the new nintendo labo build looks great

Cool, it looks fascinating as well, and the OS is worth checking out!

But can it run Crysis?

You made my day

Have some of these that are for gaming and multipurpose usses?

now just give it a gtx graphics card and a 2b hard drive and ur good to go

This is so cool! I have a Raspberry Pi at home which has been sitting there for a year or so, so yeah...

Can you use the voltage regulator of a portable charger for this project?

nice laptop!

Everyone: 120fps Simple Homade Laptop: 1,3fps xD

My tablet came with a computer case *Wham bam thank you mam*

You glued a bunch of computer peripherals to a few pieces of cardboard. Neat.

Still better than my set up

There is no way anyone is going to manage to create this 😂

How how how how and... HOW.!?

Thanks mate! This really helped with my bros B-Day gift (he’s 5 and i recently made him a fake one so this was the perfect gist!)

Awesome gaming computer