The Future of Laptop Upgrade Ability?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Monday May 22, 2006 @01:55PM from the but-it-didn't-happen-with-PCMCIA dept.

oki900 asks: "With laptops becoming more modular, and the use of mini PCI or PCI express cards for most of the components, are we going to start to see more third party upgrade options for laptops. I know that currently a lot of laptops use mini PCI or PCI express for LAN/WLAN cards and some even for the sound cards. It's also becoming more popular to use mini PCI express for the video cards. What will this mean for laptop consumers in the near future and how far will this trend go? Are we going to soon be able to easily upgrade the processors in the laptops as well?"

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Theres no point in speculation by allaunjsilverfox2 · 2006-05-22 14:12 · Score: 1, Interesting

The industry wouldn't let anyone make a purely modular laptop, people wouldn't have much reason to upgrade. I don't buy a laptop because I don't want a locked down pc. If you want portable, buy a shuttle and get a car adapter. Or a external power source.

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