I'm in the market for a new laptop soon, and always face the dilema of getting a high powered machine vs. something light, portable, not too hot, long battery life, etc...
I use my computer mostly at a desk, but travel a lot (currently in Tel-Aviv) and occasionally go out to job sites.
I've been trying to find out a way to put a high powered graphics card as an external option for multiple monitors and for rendering 3D objects in AutoCAD, 3DSMax, cough... games, and perhaps a dual DVI solution for the WQXGA displays from the likes of Apple and Dell.
I found an interesting product...
[Link: getcatalyst.com]I'm looking at part PCIE2EXP...
This should allow one to put a desktop PCI-E card via the new ExpressCARD slots, such as those found on the new Core Duo laptops. Anyone have any experience doing something like this? Does anyone know of a fit and finished product that allows this, w/o the OEM look? I guess I could build a case around it, and the other problem is the huge power draw that top end cards take. Some of the card I've seen actually supply a seperate brick to power just the card so you don't have to pull the current from your main power supply, which should work quite well for this application.