Acer Aspire One... Starcraft or no?

[foolfromhell]

The only game I play away from my desktop is starcraft. I want an Acer Aspire One. It is certainly within hardware requirements, but does anyone have any experience? Screen too small, etc.?

And, is the SSD version available with Windows?

 

[slackwarelinux]

I've been playing Starcraft on my eeepc 1000h, which has a tad larger screen. It is very playable with a proper mouse.

 

[Zap]

Originally posted by: slackwarelinux
It is very playable with a proper mouse.

I think the mouse is key. I've tried playing games with touchpads and... bleh.

 

[IlllI]

starcraft came out like in 1998.. so i'm pretty sure anything in the past 10 years could play it 😛

 

[Brainonska511]

Originally posted by: clandren
starcraft came out like in 1998.. so i'm pretty sure anything in the past 10 years could play it 😛

I remember playing SC on my Dell v350 (which ran from about early 1998 until November 2004 when it died) with a Pentium 2 @ 250MHz, ~96MB RAM, Windows 98, 56k dialup, an ATI Rage something or other, and a 13GB hard drive.

 

[I4AT]

I played SC back in the day on a 233mhz Pentium, I think you'd have a hard time finding any laptop that still works and can't run Starcraft. I played it on my EEE 900 and the screen was big enough for me.

 

[BD2003]

Hell, I played SC on a 100mhz 486. Id say a 1.6ghz atom will be able to run it. 😛

 

[pukemon]

Yes it will run. I ran Starcraft on a Pentium II 266 MHz back in 1999.

 

[foolfromhell]

I wasnt asking if the issue was with specs, but people's experiences? Especially concerning screen size, battery, etc.

I ordered an eee pc 1000h anyway. Heh

 

[Juked07]

Doesn't sc run at 640x480?

Read the posts. It will run fine.

 

[GoatMonkey]

The question you should be asking is "will it run Starcraft 2 well?".

 

[vshah]

Originally posted by: Juked07
Doesn't sc run at 640x480?

Read the posts. It will run fine.

yup. bigger screen will just make everything bigger, no difference to gameplay (amount of map viewable etc)

 

[ed21x]

i'm typing on a 1000h right now, and it is definitely capable of running games like WC3:FT and CnC:Generals.

 

[nismotigerwvu]

Diablo II with a touch pad would be the most frustrating experience known to mankind.

 

[pukemon]

If I recall correctly, Diablo II ran at either 640x480 or 800x600 only and the software renderer was faster than than the OpenGL version - even with a decent 3D card. I think it also supported GLide on 3dfx cards (remember those?)