Hi Dark, Yah, logic would assume that the mobo and onboard sound and the like would be the same chipsets, and I can't argue with the portability factor. I haven't looked at the specs of the N140, but can do so tomorrow when I'm back on proper internet if there's anything you're not sure of.
One thing that might be a consideration is that I haven't seen any of the more intensive games running on solid state memory yet... has anyone else? Scott On 1/1/10, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: > Hi Scot. > > well that is true. i already use a 200 gb external usb drive for backup > purposes. > > The other reason i was considdering netbooks though, --- and one which a > second drive wouldn't particularly help with, is portability. i tend to > carry my laptop to lots of places, including down the nyle and up the alps, > and it'd be nice to physically have less to carry, especially when going to > things like tabletop rp games, or short, 1 hour train journeys (which i do > several times a week). > > If games run okay on the nc10 though, odds are the n140, which seems to be > several models up would be okay as well. > > Obviously though, more research is called for on this issue. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott Chesworth" <scottcheswo...@gmail.com> > To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> > Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 1:08 PM > Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Netbooks and games > > >> Hey Dark, >> >> If you're happy with your current laptop aside from hard drive space, >> surely the cheapest solution would be to just upgrade the HDD in your >> existing laptop? Going on it's age I'd say almost any 2.5" IDE drive >> should do the trick, and they're not too tricky to change as a rule. >> It'd be worth finding out the exact model number of your laptop so you >> can look at the tech spec and make sure you pick up the fastest >> supported drive, hopefully that'd be 7200 RPM, but that's about the >> only research you'd need to do. If you go down this road, pick >> yourself up a 2.5" IDE caddy as well, should only cost you somewhere >> in the region of 10-20 quid for a basic one, and that way you won't >> lose access to the original drive, you can just hook it up as an >> external should the need ever arise. >> >> All that said, a friend of mine has a Samsung NC10 and I'm yet to see >> a game that runs badly on it. If I didn't already own my macbook pro >> I'd have hopped on the Samsung wagon a while back considering the >> price portability and battery life. >> >> Hth >> Scott >> >> On 1/1/10, dark <d...@xgam.org> wrote: >>> Hi Jason. >>> >>> well this isn't sounding so cheerful in general. i'd be interested to >>> know >>> how to check specs more generally. The model I find myself looking at now >>> >>> is >>> the samsung n140, which comes with 270 ghz speed and either windows xp or >>> windows 7 (though i'd go for xp), and boasts good sound quality, ---- >>> though >>> after all the comments on list I'm seriously considdering waiting for >>> solid >>> state harddrives to develope further (as I said, there's nothing actually >>> wrong with my laptop other than lack of drive space). >>> >>> Has anyone got any thoughts? >>> >>> Beware the grue! >>> >>> Dark. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Jason Allen" <evildi...@gmail.com> >>> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> >>> Sent: Friday, January 01, 2010 8:52 AM >>> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Netbooks and games >>> >>> >>>> Netbooks have to have seriously capped memory and processor speeds to >>>> meet >>>> Microsoft's discounted XP licensing. I'd hesitate to use them for gaming >>>> unless you're sure the new netbook is faster than your current laptop. >>>> One >>>> thing that's often overlooked is the front side bus speed. Everything >>>> might >>>> look the same on paper initially between netbooks, but you could be in >>>> for >>>> >>>> a >>>> real surprise if you don't do a lot of research. >>>> >>>> Newer netbooks come with a very stripped down version of Windows 7. 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