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Posted on 03-02-11 05:24:24 AM Link | Quote
my laptop has bit the dust and I was thinking about just buying netbook, since I already have powerful desktop for gaming and other nonsense. I'm not certain if I want to completely give up the option of portable gaming though. are netbooks able to run small games decently, like snes emulation? less realistically, are there netbooks powerful enough to run minecraft, even at its lowest settings?

the thing that draws me to netbooks is that they are small and lightweight, so maybe I should just consider a tiny notebook. or is that the definition of a netbook? I'm so out of touch.

I'll keep researching, but there are so many options available it's overwhelming. if anyone has any recommendations, that'd be great.

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Posted on 03-02-11 05:43:33 AM Link | Quote
Looking up Minecraft info... hit or miss really. Some people report decent performance, others crap. Likely depends how new the netbook is.

As far as classic emulation goes, I've seen people playing NES and SNES games on netbooks before. No problems at all there, trust me.

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Posted on 03-02-11 11:53:37 AM Link | Quote
My only portable computer is a netbook , and I much prefer it to the 15" laptop I used to have. It's light enough that I can throw it in my backpack and not really notice it's there, not to mention the several hours more of battery life it gets than the old laptop.

I don't own Minecraft, but I can run SNES games without problems.

One thing to watch out for as you're looking around is the keyboard layout. Some models have very... creative ways of fitting all the keys into the required space (such as shrinking the backspace or shift keys) that would drive me mad if I had to type on them.

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Posted on 03-02-11 11:10:12 PM Link | Quote
I think this needs to be said: I know a girl who can play games on her computer such as Fallout 3, Fallout 3 mods, and Sims 2. Sims 2, from what I've seen, actually runs a little bit smoother on her netbook than on my desktop.

I believe it's an EeePc? Regardless, I have underestimated the power of netbooks.

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Posted on 03-03-11 01:57:15 PM Link | Quote
I have an HP Mini, and it runs Minecraft at 4fps or so, and no$gba is very very laggy. Some flash games are unplayable, some are reasonably laggy.

This is my experience. I guess it depends a lot on the actual netbook model and manufacturer, but if you want to use it for some gaming, you'd better not get an HP Mini.
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Posted on 03-03-11 02:05:41 PM (last edited by Orlandu at 03-03-11 11:06 AM) Link | Quote
Another thing to consider:

The size of your fingers. I'm serious. My wife wanted a netbook to use with her photography projects (when she was going to school for it, now she's not). It was ok for her since her fingers are fairly small. For me, with normal sized fingers (for a guy I guess), it wasn't easy to type on or navigate the tiny trackpad. This was a 2 years ago when they were still relatively new.

Also, unless you get one with a SSD the battery life is not all that great. We would average 2 hours to 2.5 hours with 120gb hard drive. The SSD models get 3+ hours for the most part.

Depending on what the main purpose you need it for (notes, web browsing, email, etc), I would suggest an iPad or Android Tablet. Both OS's should be getting Minecraft sometime soon and both have other games that are pretty fun. The iPad's battery life is really good for how small it is. Plus, the iPad2 was just release so the original was bumped to $399. Just thought I'd throw it out there.

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Posted on 03-09-11 06:11:37 AM Link | Quote
Go for it.

I'd shoot for Toshiba, personally - they're, as far as I can tel, the only manufacturer to move up to dual-core hyperthreaded Atoms. GMA X3100 isn't too terrible either, especially over the GMA950 most netbooks used to have. Some have a Radeon card, but... they're generally Acer, and my experience with mine is practically a straight downward slope. Some have great luck, though, so... maybe it's just the AOD250 that's kinda bad?

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