yes but then again... it's a landmine. For example, I could disable the nvidia card on my ThinkPad W530, but then i'd lose the use of the external video output

yes but then again... it's a landmine. For example, I could disable the nvidia card on my ThinkPad W530, but then i'd lose the use of the external video output (because it was wired to the nvidia card). and yes i know it depends on whether the laptop has a mux or not... it's not always easy to determine, not all reviews go explicitly over this detail... I just don't want a discrete graphics card. Not an nVidia one for sure.