[Arm-netbook] Housing idea: screenless laptop

[Matt Campbell]

Hi,

It occurred to me that for blind people, who use a screen reader such as 
Speakup or Orca, a laptop housing without the screen or the touchpad 
would be quite convenient. And if this housing used the same battery as 
the regular laptop housing, it would last longer because there's no screen.

To the engineers on the list, how difficult would it be to modify the 
current laptop housing to remove the screen and touchpad? I suppose 
there are two ways to go about removing the touchpad: either it could 
just be replaced with empty space, or the keyboard could be moved to the 
front. In the latter case, how much smaller could the housing be made 
without removing anything inside (battery, space for a USB dongle, etc.)?

Matt