[Mr-Me-II]

Generally a Laptop will be much harder andmore expensive to upgrade than a normal PC...for a couple reasons

[ol][*]Motherboards are specific to a brand or series of laptops (You won't find a DFI Lanparty for a Compaq Persario laptop for example)[*]Most laptops are designed to be almost impossible to open without some damage (Stripped screws, pry marks, scratches), so if you want it to stay pretty, you will need to send it in to a professional ($$$)[*]The Video card is onboard in almos t all laptops. New video card means new motherboard. [/ol]
I looked for a replacment motherboard for one of my laptops a while back. HP Pavillion ze5575sr. At that time the motherboard new from Manufacturer was over 400 dollars..


Laptops are made to be disposable. Nothing canreally be upgraded easily except the RAM, hard drive, and somtimes the optical Device (CD-ROM).
Of course everything I have said all depends on the brand of laptop you use..
I would say that the total cost to upgrade your laptop as is right now will be about the same as it would cost to build a full PC of the same specs as the laptop has now.

Arbalest what kind of laptop do you have? I have not seen any laptops with seperate Video Cards since the old Inspirons (Pentium 2)