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On Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:49:02 +0100 Simon Williams wrote: > Ray Smith wrote: > > It musn't have in built graphics > > You can't get laptops without built-in graphics cards because of the > way they interact with the TFT screen. That's why laptop screens are > almost always faster than free standing TFTs and have sane options > like switching off screen expansion. > > Of course, if such a thing does exist, I really want to know about it! > > Simon > Hi Simon, A friend of mine who works (or worked... haven't spoken to him in a while) for Sony had a "laptop" (although it was fairly big) where it was possible to change the graphics card. It's possible that it wasn't a normal "production" machine and so wasn't a normal connection, but he did remove said card for me to demonstrate and it had a connector of approximately the same dimensions as the RAM. Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html