<p>MacBook Pro has an expandable card slot, the macbook does not. </p>
<p>Toxic Waste, didn't you recommend notebookreview.com to someone? If you ever read the site, you would understand what i am talking about</p>
<p>Oh, there's one other interesting piece of hardware out...</p>
<p>huh. that's interesting. when did these things come out?</p>
<p>Very recently, it seems.</p>
<p>They still aren't cheap enough to be useful for most people, but it looks like the era of upgradeable notebook video cards is on the horizon!</p>
<p>they arent to expensive. The first option you posted costs $100-$200 over the actual cost of the gpu. Not bad as it is a one time purchase</p>
<p>Yeah, but that's a less powerful GPU than the MBPs already have, from what I've read. I think what'll be more interesting is when enclosures become cheap enough that you can just keep upgrading actual video cards.</p>
<p>UCLAri, you're good with Macs...just something i have noticed :)</p>
<p>Thanks...I think?</p>
<p>Are you stalking me? :confused:</p>
<p>Yes, note how Ari's posts are more WYSIWYG, the fonts look so much better than those posted with a PC, and the posts crash much less often. Plus, I don't think I've ever gotten a virus from Ari's posts.</p>
<p>the asustek xg station is upgradable. That is the whole point. Any pci-e card can be used in the unit.</p>
<p>I didn't think that was the case...huh. I'll look more into that thing. I also read it's limited to PCIe x1, but that may not be the case.</p>
<p>Oh how I love the misinformation of the interweb...</p>
<p>It is a desktop gpu in an enclosure, and it can't be upgraded? </p>
<p>Taken as the above was sarcasm, i will have to counter a say it certainly can be upgraded</p>
<p>A 2nd generation version should be coming out soon (supposedly) that will allow for multiple bands, how many, who knows.</p>
<p>That's pretty sweet! I'll definitely bet on Engadget being right. Sometimes, the interweb doesn't screw the pooch.</p>
<p>pictures speak a thousand words.</p>
<p>In the picture we can see
A. A GPU with x16 interface
B. A GPU that is sold for desktop use
C. A circut board with a x16 slot</p>
<p>The fact that they arent using all 16 parallels means nothing right now as this is a first. They will soon progess to using the full 4gigs + of bandwidth</p>
<p>Common sense would tell us that we should than "theoretically" be able to use a card fitting the previous 3 descriptions. But beware, this is an amazingly complicated and dangerous procedure. I headily warn anyone to be very cautious, very cautious, and need i say again, be very cautious.</p>