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Afghanistan Lap Top - 4/5/2011 9:19:54 PM   
Kubel


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Status: offline 		I'm deploying to Kandahar in late May and want to get a laptop. I'm not wanting anything expensive as the dust will eat it up. I want it mainly for Admirals Edition, War in the East, plus a few other Matrix titles. A few questions I have are:

1. Will a small 10" netbook be able to run AE graphics? I think not but no experience first hand.
2. For a Laptop, built in or external Optical Drive?

Any recommendations would be great. I would like to keep the cost in the $650 or less range.

Cheers

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RE: Afghanistan Lap Top - 4/5/2011 9:23:12 PM   
Kubel


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Status: offline 		One more thing light weight 11-14 inch screen size would be optimal.

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RE: Afghanistan Lap Top - 4/5/2011 10:22:22 PM   
perkinh


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Status: offline 		Do you have access to the internet now...if so check out CNET laptop finder. Aswe a few questions and it gives you a load of choices.

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RE: Afghanistan Lap Top - 4/5/2011 11:01:24 PM   
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ORIGINAL: Kubel

1. Will a small 10" netbook be able to run AE graphics? I think not but no experience first hand.



Don't know anything specific about netbooks per se, but on my 5 year old desktop I use the "-noFire" option to cancel certain types of animations on the replay and in orders so the graphics don't get messed up. You could always try that.

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RE: Afghanistan Lap Top - 4/6/2011 12:11:19 AM   
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Status: offline 		Make sure any smaller laptop display you get can display at least 1024x768 resolution.  That's the minimum size for AE.

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RE: Afghanistan Lap Top - 4/8/2011 3:10:37 AM   
Kubel


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Status: offline 		Thanks all. Been pretty busy in RL. Great advice all around, it has been a great help, otherwise I'm sure I would have bought a machine that didn't run AE and that would just bite. I will be purchasing one in a few weeks I'll let you know what I got and how good it works.
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RE: Afghanistan Lap Top - 4/8/2011 10:53:39 AM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Kubel

I'm deploying to Kandahar in late May and want to get a laptop. I'm not wanting anything expensive as the dust will eat it up. I want it mainly for Admirals Edition, War in the East, plus a few other Matrix titles. A few questions I have are:

1. Will a small 10" netbook be able to run AE graphics? I think not but no experience first hand.
2. For a Laptop, built in or external Optical Drive?

Any recommendations would be great. I would like to keep the cost in the $650 or less range.

Cheers


1.) As long as the screen resolution is high enough you can run it on a netbook. But 10" are quite small so could be a little annoying to play with it.

2.) Depends. There is no real drawback of a built in optical drive. Usually you can even change it quite easy if it is damaged. But it adds some weight and takes some extra space so the laptop is a little larger and thicker than one without an optical drive. Optical drives are quite sensible regarding to dust (especially the lens) so an external optical drive might be a good solution.

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RE: Afghanistan Lap Top - 4/8/2011 3:59:46 PM   
Kubel


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Status: offline 		1.) As long as the screen resolution is high enough you can run it on a netbook. But 10" are quite small so could be a little annoying to play with it.

2.) Depends. There is no real drawback of a built in optical drive. Usually you can even change it quite easy if it is damaged. But it adds some weight and takes some extra space so the laptop is a little larger and thicker than one without an optical drive. Optical drives are quite sensible regarding to dust (especially the lens) so an external optical drive might be a good solution.

Beppi...good advice on Optic Drive...I tried AE on wifes HP 10" did not work. I will keep an eye on resolution for sure. Thanks.

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RE: Afghanistan Lap Top - 4/11/2011 6:52:18 PM   
Kubel


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Status: offline 		I checked my wifes 10" netbook max resolution is 1024x600 ...

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RE: Afghanistan Lap Top - 4/14/2011 5:09:26 AM   
Keifer


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Status: offline 		Try the Samsung NF310-A01 10.1-inch netbook. It's about $400.

It has a 1366x768 monitor so it should be able to run WitP-AE. I've been looking at netbooks and it looks like $400 is the floor for one with a monitor that runs WitpAE

You might need to buy some extra memory ~$25 on Amazon.

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RE: Afghanistan Lap Top - 4/21/2011 3:54:12 PM   
Kubel


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Status: offline 		Well I just recieved my inexpensive Dell inspiron with a 14 inch screen...game works great.
Thanks for the help, I avoided a huge mistake because I would have purchased something with a resolution too low....now will I be able to continue my PBEM??? If not my gaming partner understands.

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