You just have to accept that with notebooks. You're best running windows XP and if you don't have Service Pack 3 installed.... install it; it's always provided a significant boost in performance when I've used it on my laptop. Also if you can't be bothered with regularly defragmenting, consider programs like Magical Defrag which do it in the background when the computer is idle for a few moments. There's also a lot of guides for boosting performance in XP but I wouldn't bother with them as many only provide a minimal boost in exchange for the loss of a service you may need down the line. The only one I've noticed a significant difference when disabling is System Restore.

... And system restore is just the service I'd like to keep on a notebook, because, well ... EVERYTHING can go wrong :D

This.

The margin for error is likely to leave you having to buy a desktop anyway. Or a new laptop. Whichever you prefer.

I am using Windows Vista if anyone is curious. :) I like it more than XP and Windows 7.

I don't want to jinx myself but I haven't used system restore in many many years. You could always get a manual 3rd party one that only works when you want it to though. I don't see too much of a place for it though, you either mess things up so badly you're better off taking off what you need and reinstalling windows, or it's fixable in half an hour or so. Another good trick with XP that a lot of people don't realise is that if you put it into another pc with XP on it'll run scan disk and fix it on boot up. (I keep a copy of XPon my main win 7 pc solely for this as I seem to fix a lot of laptops & pcs.) You might need a mini PATA>PATA adaptor for this though if you have an older laptop.

Edit: You're mad, absolutely stark raving bloody bonkers :P Vista is right up there with ME... it should be avoided like the plague. 7 is superior in every way but on a lower powered machine you're better off with XP which can give you up to 20fps extra in games. (as 7 and Vista are optimized for newer tech.)

Yea, and I sleep with aliens. Don't overclock it. Please.

dont the laptop ones are not meant to be over clocked

As a "Overclocker" I do not recommend Oc'ing a laptop EVER. Mostly because these run way hot enough (Some even shutdown when doing stressful things because of the heat protections). Just get a Antec Notebook cooler before even trying to OC a Notebook too :P

Also, I'd not recommend to OC a card, mostly because the performance improvement is almost none to zero. What really matters in some games is Vram and not Clock speeds.

OC'ing a CPU would be useful because of speed bottlenecks, depending the CPU of course. I do have a 2.8GHZ Phenom II X6 and Im used to OC'ing it to 3.4 just because of the way the cpu was created. Also, stock coolers are not recommended. AMD ones are kinda fine on most PC's because the AM3 Stock coolers is pretty awesome for being stock, but Intel 775+ coolers are just small, un-useful and a waste of aluminium :P

and the worst part is..if you fry your card up :D you are doomed cause from what the dell center told me "each laptop has the mobile graphics card cut and customized for that model" ie they modify the card such that it fits properly for your laptop only, if burnt its like loosing the whole laptop....

Actually, integrated cards dont even "exist" physically speaking, its just a chip with the core. So yes, frying that cheap means = You're pretty much f-cked with that whole mainboard and laptop.

no the cards exist i was talking about the ati mobility cards and the nividia equivalent, altough they can brought again but it wont fit cause the manufacturer like dell, hp customize them to fit their laptop design

They do exist in various forms.... for a short period there were mini PCI graphics cards and graphics extenders available along with PCMIA cards (the latter of which were rubbish). Also there were slot cards for a short period of time back in the 90s but these were laptops that were essentially a desktop pc in a laptop and so quite chunky at any rate. Some chips are also removable slot ins rather than hard soldered or built into the motherboard, especially in a lot of higher end gaming laptops.

Tinkering with laptops hardware is absolutely a no go, for me: poor flexibility, very high risk of overheating and damages, failing upgrades. After the CPU upgrade disaster I suffered some time ago, I won't try to upgrade anything "portable" for the upcoming centuries....