Ungas,

The ECS' line of laptops as well as the ASUS brand are both upgradeable for the following components:

1. Hard Disk - to higher capacity (20-40 Gb)
2. RAM - to higher capacity (256-512 Mb)
3. CD ROM Drive - to CDRW or CDR/DVD ROM Drive

From what I know, the notebooks of name brands like Toshiba, Compaq-HP, IBM, Fujistsu, etc. are upgradeable only insofar as the RAM is concerned. But, then again, with competition from the ECS and ASUS brands, they might have changed their notebook's upgradeability.

There's an easier way to increase your notebook's storage capacity. You can:

1. Get an external HDD which can be unwieldy
2. Get a PCMCIA card reader and your choice of media (i.e. MMC, SD, CF) or
3. Get an external CDRW

I've tried the second option and it's really better than having to get a new HDD, unless you'll be storing videos or games.