It still beat my old Pentium 4 2.5 GHz gaming rig into the ground (and yes I know its way obsolete). The new Atom processors are starting to bypass some of the low end Core 2 Duos. They still aren't power houses though I will agree. My friend has a 14 inch laptop that he got for $300, and it ran WoW at about the same speed as it did on my netbook. His is a Centrino based system with Ati graphics. I don't believe his was optimized though. It just depends on what you want to do and where you want to do it. Plus if this thing had enough power to play fun games then my homework would never get done lol.
On Oct 28, 12:17 pm, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree that everyone has their own opinion on the matter. I'm just > saying that you have laptops that cost as little as a netbook, and > outperform it in basically every way. If netbooks had proper cpus, any > pentium dual core or low voltage core duo would suffice, I wouldn't be > so against it. And do keep in mind that such cpus are quite cheap to > manufacture. Oh, and optical drives are quite important for me, that's > why I wouldn't get a "gaming" netbook, even if I had the money. > > On Oct 28, 5:11 pm, Koolguy007 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Everyone is entitled to there own opinion. I believe the prices of > > laptops would still be high even if netbooks never came into > > existence. I'm glad they did as it allowed me to have a cheap reliable > > laptop for college. About the only game I ever play is Dwarf Fortress > > which is a cpu stressing application, but the only thing that brought > > it to its knees was the "hidden fun stuff". To each his own opinion > > though. I like mine and I believe it was money well spent. > > > On Oct 28, 11:16 am, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > About the physical harm resistance, there's a big difference between > > > solid state components and moving parts. netbooks are a grudge on > > > computing in general, not to mention they're another excuse for not > > > having lower prices laptops, since there is a new segment called > > > netbooks. They should have never have become tiny laptops, they should > > > have arm, nvidia or some soc powering the thing, and limit it to the > > > purpose they were made for in the first place, light browsing and > > > productivity apps. I'm against anything that makes overall computers > > > cost more. > > > > On Oct 28, 4:11 pm, breaker213 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > netbooks arent to bad they play pretty much any game made before 2005 > > > > and some after for example fear works perfect for me with no drop in > > > > fps at all on the lowest settings spore works great oblivion(using > > > > oldblivion)works good inside buildings and dungeons outside is > > > > playable unless you get into a fight killing floor works good on small > > > > inside levels like doom and pacman maps (there custom ones) those are > > > > just a few games i can think of those are with > > > > > acer aspire one > > > > windows 7 > > > > 1.6 n270 atom > > > > 1 gb ram > > > > > but if you want to do real gaming without having to use lowest > > > > settings all the time get a laptop or even a desktop not a netbook > > > > netbooks are build pretty good my friend droped his down the stairs > > > > and it still works fine i have also droped mine a few times > > > > (sorry for the mass amount of text) -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
