Intel Graphics Media Accelerator upgradable?

Probably not. Extremely few laptops have upgradeable graphics. You have to buy one in the first place that has enough zoom-zoom (sorry Mazda) to handle what you expect to run on it.

There were a few, and maybe they still make them, such as Alienware that promised upgrades for video. I suspect that you really need to keep on top of it though because models change fast in the laptop world and the internals may be outdated before a better performing video upgrade arrives for your model. Check the expensive vendors such as Alienware, Falcon, etc., maybe even the highend Dells.

Just to get my head round this then, there's no way i could put in something along the lines of an ATI Radeon 128mb X1300?

Is this due to the fact that there is simply no where to put it as the integrated card is not like a normal graphics card or is it a sealed onto another component?

thanks in advance.