Hello, MMO Champion Community:
Long time lurker, first post here. I was perplexed earlier this month when searching for tablets to notice that all of the manufacturers have decided that there need to be no larger tablets than 10.1". As an Engineering student, it would be very useful for me to be able to do my sketches / classwork on a large tablet. Right now I am using an ACER EEE PC T101MT, which is a 10.1" touchscreen netbook. This functions fairly well for me, and I would like to create something similar. I would like, however, to create (basically) a laptop with a touchscreen instead of a keyboard. Imagine a normal tablet, but not thin, or sexy, or anything - just a laptop that doesn't open and has a touchscreen on the top side. I can plug in a keyboard to a USB drive if I really need it.
All that is my dream. I have a couple problems, obviously:
1) Where do I buy laptop components? I am looking to spend ~2k on this project, and I am looking for new top-of-the-line laptop components. Do vendors sell these? I could not find any on NewEgg or CompUSA.
2) Where can I buy 15" or 17" touchscreens? I know they exist because the all-in-one PCs that companies buy for their cash registers have them, and I have seen some bulk-ordering sites for the touchscreens. I have not been able to find any retail site that sells touchscreeens, though.
3) Where can I order a custom case? As an Engineering student so I'll have no problem making the designs. Our machinery may be able to create something, but I was wondering if there was a 3D printing outfit or some custom case making outfit out there that would be able to make something like this. I'm looking for them and not the local school workshop for quality's sake.
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Reg