Dell you might think this idea hurts your pocket but realistically, it won’t. Upgrading computers on a yearly basis isn’t feasible and for most Ivy Bridge (thus far) is no reason to upgrade from an M18xR1 to an R2. It becomes hard to justify upgrading when all you really see as a significant advancement is in GPU tech that you can already buy from 3rd party vendors. A trip to eBay will currently get you access to 485Ms, 580Ms, 6970Ms, and 6990Ms. In two weeks, you’ll be able to order 7970M’s from that same vendor currently selling all of these high end mobile graphics cards. The cards are available and are easily accessible, expanding the life of our systems without you profiting from it. A quick trip to notebookreview will show you that 6970Ms and 6990Ms are running in M15x’s and M17x-R2’s, as well as 7970M’s in M17x-R3’s and M18x-R1’s. Should you choose to sell upgrades you will profit off of users upgrading their video cards instead of being left out of the loop.
Dell could offer "GPU upgrade kits" for M18xR1 (and perhaps other models, e.g. M17x)
Fri Apr 27 22:25:19 GMT 2012 - Apr 27, 2012
Posted By: SkittlesXD
Dell you might think this idea hurts your pocket but realistically, it won’t. Upgrading computers on a yearly basis isn’t feasible and for most Ivy Bridge (thus far) is no reason to upgrade from an M18xR1 to an R2. It becomes hard to justify upgrading when all you really see as a significant advancement is in GPU tech that you can already buy from 3rd party vendors. A trip to eBay will currently get you access to 485Ms, 580Ms, 6970Ms, and 6990Ms. In two weeks, you’ll be able to order 7970M’s from that same vendor currently selling all of these high end mobile graphics cards. The cards are available and are easily accessible, expanding the life of our systems without you profiting from it. A quick trip to notebookreview will show you that 6970Ms and 6990Ms are running in M15x’s and M17x-R2’s, as well as 7970M’s in M17x-R3’s and M18x-R1’s. Should you choose to sell upgrades you will profit off of users upgrading their video cards instead of being left out of the loop.