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logan essex

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lol, i don't think he should be playing games while driving a semi.

 

anyways, look for a core 2 duo CPU or a AMD Turion 64 (more GHz the better) and a laptop with a graphics card, not integrated, like an X1600 or a 7600, atleast 1GB of RAM, depends on his budget. i dont know who to suggest, only thing that comes to mind is Alienware and Dell. if his budget is endless then look at some Voodoo laptops or falcon northwest.

 

http://www.alienware.com/product_pages/notebook_all_default.aspx

http://www1.ca.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/notebooks?c=ca&cs=cadhs1&l=en&s=dhs

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Hands free makes absolutely no difference. The problem is still with morons who apply more attention to chatting on the phone than they do watching traffic.

 

edit: While the cause can be simply not having a free hand to control the car with, I can drive a manual with one hand so it has to be absent mindedness

 

Agreed. While you spend a pretty penny even on the used ones. I would get an IBM Thinkpad. They are the best on the market bar none.

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a laptop with a graphics card, not integrated, like an X1600 or a 7600, atleast 1GB of RAM

 

 

QFE.

 

I bought my HP laptop just to play KotOR when I went on vacations and stuff, and I got the best graphics card they had available. I didn't pay attention to what type it was, just the specs of it. It's a good card, (better than my desktop's!) but because it's integrated ((or maybe because it's ATI -- they're out to get me)) it doesn't work.

 

But I do not recommend Dell or Dellienware now. I have a buddy who has a heating issue with his mobo. It overheats constantly to the point where it shuts itself down. He had to buy a special fan thing that he has to carry with him and put under his laptop every time he uses it. This is because Alienware will not help him at all -- won't let him send it back, won't fix it, and won't help him figure out what's wrong.

 

HTH.

 

_EW_

 

Disclaimer: All this = IMHO.

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check out this thread--the folks there gave me lots of good advice on a laptop.

 

I ended up with an HP dv9220--duo core processor 1.60Ghz, 160 G hard drive, 2G Ram, and a nVidia 256Mb GeForce Go 7600. They had a choice of a faster processor with less RAM, but we opted for the 2G RAM, which is good because Vista likes to use a lot of resources.

 

It plays the 2 games I've tried on there (Jade Empire and Vampire the Masquerade:Bloodlines), but I haven't tried Kotor on the Vista machine yet.

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i don't use laptops (mostly because i find that building and working on a PC is much easier), but what Jae recommended above will work out very well for you.

 

just two things to keep in mind with a laptop: if you want good battery life, then go with integrated graphics. add on cards give you much better graphics capability but at the expense of power consumption.

 

the other thing to keep in mind is the processor. again, laptops are about mobility and long battery life, so i do have to push aside my AMD fanboyism to recommend that you use an Intel Core2 as the AMD Turions use a noticeably larger amount of power and don't offer any tradeoffs in performance.

 

just my two pennies. ;)

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i don't know much about the HP, Acer, Sony, Compaq, Getaway laptops so i didn't suggest any. you might wanna look for a big screen like 17", but 15.4" will suffice to. also get a wireless mouse, you just cannot work with the little pad there. also get a good sound card for optimum sound quality it can be integrated.

 

whats the budget?

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I could be wrong but I think Obsidian has adviced against playing TSL on a laptop before, since it was never designed for one. It might work, but the strain on the graphics card seems to almost prohibit gaming on laptops, from what I understand. I certainly don't install games on mine.

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^^^^

neither of the Kotor games were never designed to be compatible with laptop graphics simply due to the less generic driver compatibility (every display with each notebook is unique and requires a unique driver as compared to a generic driver for PC's). that, however, does not mean that the Kotor games won't work on a laptop. it just means that the game might encounter issues with the drivers.

 

in layman's terms, if it works, then don't fix it. if it doesn't work, then that's your problem and nobody else's. *shrugs*

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I could be wrong but I think Obsidian has adviced against playing TSL on a laptop before, since it was never designed for one. It might work, but the strain on the graphics card seems to almost prohibit gaming on laptops, from what I understand. I certainly don't install games on mine.

 

I played Kotor and TSL both, along with NWN, on my 2004 laptop that had a 32 MB Geforce card. Tips for dealing with laptop and other gaming computer issues are in The Workbench. I had less problem getting TSL going than Kotor, believe it or not. Sure, I had to turn off the graphics-intensive decor, but I'm able to take the game anywhere, anytime. I don't need tall grass enabled to kill Malak or enjoy Jolee's dialog. Hopefully I'll be able to get the games to play nice with Vista. No games are designed for laptops, but who cares as long as they play? Where there's a will (and minimum specs), there's a way. :)

 

With a 256 MB video card on my new laptop, I'm not too worried about it now. I've got Vampire the Masquerade:Bloodlines installed and am running it with nearly maxed out video settings (I think there was one thing I turned down--can't remember right now). I've made it through most of the game without a crash. I've had a few momentary stutters, but I don't consider that a big deal. I've played Jade Empire for a short time with no issues, either.

 

You do need a separate mouse for sure--using the touchpad while pressing the W key is awkward for me, particularly since I'm left-handed, and the mouse gives you better cursor control. I use a wireless one myself.

 

The battery life shouldn't be too much issue since the laptop can always get plugged in at a hotel or such, and there are cigarette lighter adapters that you can plug the laptop into. Just make sure to get a good one. We burned a cheap one out and kept blowing fuses in the cigarette lighter. With a better one we've had no problems.

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