Upgrading a laptop graphics card. It can be done!!.....maybe

Ok on other threads people have posted pretty much that you cant upgrade a laptop's graphics card, but I've seen things like
http://www.pcworld.com/article/148 [...] _card.html
that really suggest that you can. So I am wondering if I can pretty much perform surgery on my computer, which is a Hp Special Edition dv2700 Notebook PC with a AMD Turion 64x2 TL-60 Processor (2.0GHZ) (also have 4gig ram and 64-bit OS). My current card is a crappy nvidia 7150M card that is horrible since I play WoW and maybe Warhammer soon. Any help appreciated before I just break open my laptop and see whats inside.

If your laptop was less then $1500 your not going to upgrade more then likely. Less then 1000 forget about it.

Turn down the "physics" settings in games.
Also turn down the Object amount/ quality. Then crank the texture settings. And a small hit to the shaders setting will give you a huge boost usually.

BTW, most 8800s and 9800s are removable. If the lappy has sli/crossfire, they are usually removable. 8600m gts and 2600/3650s are not removable.

woah crap. i didn't know you had a 7150. Not many games are playable on that card. Especially since that a "integrated" graphics solution. "Dedicated" graphics are the ones remotely capable of gaming.
Ok, first things first. Resolution. I haven't played Wow. ever. so i am not savvy on all of the options.
turn your resolution down the most you can stand.
Second, the less models, the better. So turn your environmental detail to the lowest settings.
Actually, skip this. Turneverything off or low and move up from there. I assume you know of Fraps? Turn everything off and run fraps and turn stuff up until you get under 35 frames.

I have the 6150 in my old laptop and the only games i could play were GTA LC and half life 2 at the lowest details.

good luck!