[xlayn]

Another good reason for dropping the M is in my opinion all related to how good another company got at creating gpus... that's Intel.

Intel first eliminated the whole aftermarket entry level gpu industry and will probably eliminate the middle tier also.

As Pluma states

"If you're going with a dedicated graphics card in your laptop, battery life is already out of the window, so you might as well get as much processing power as the thing can handle"

[matthewaveryusa]

I'm actually really excited about external GPUs (eGPUs) that supplement your laptop when you need it. I think this is the perfect compromise.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2984716/laptop-computers/how-...

[xlayn]

Yes, I gave a read to it but if I remember I think there was a piece that didn't perform up to the speed of the thunderbolt link making the whole solution run 1/4 speed.

The solution approach I think goes as back as when using the express card port on elitebooks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDiizICogMQ

It would be incredible on the other hand to get this solutions as official products from vendors like nvidia or asus without the DIY (not because I'm against it but to push making use of this solutions officially will improve the state of the solutions).

[pjmlp]

And they still offer crappy 3D performance and for long time had better DirectX drivers than OpenGL ones, which sometimes lied about their actual hardware capabilities.