Teenage Engineering is making a gift of a free laptop chassis, but it surely’s already ‘bought out’

Teenage Engineering, the hip Swedish tech/design model that makes of all (and a transportable recreation machine with a ) has constructed one other laptop chassis. And it’s free! However you can also’t get one, proper now a minimum of. (Sorry about that.)

Described by its maker as a “small kind issue, mini-ITX laptop case,” the is made from a single sheet of semi-transparent plastic with snap hooks and dwelling hinges for screw-free meeting. The engineering wizards at Teenage Engineering got down to design the “most cost-effective laptop case on the planet,” and because of its deliberately minimalist design they have been ultimately capable of choose a worth of $0.

The DIY laptop case accommodates a mini-ITX motherboard, an SFX energy provide and a dual-slot graphics card of as much as 180mm in measurement. Given the comically inexpensive nature of the product, it most likely goes with out saying that you just don’t get some other PC elements included.

The Pc-2 will not be the primary product of this type that Teenage Engineering has put out. It was preceded by 2021’s , which was equally design-led however made from aluminum and notably not free. The brand new “laptop case you may’t purchase” is proscribed to 1 per individual and Teenage Engineering has already cleared out its preliminary inventory. You’ll be able to to be notified if further instances are launched on the corporate’s web site. We’ve additionally reached out to Teenage Engineering to seek out out if this was only a restricted launch or in the event that they intend to repeatedly preserve the Pc-2 in inventory.