Hey guys,
I've been leaning towards taking most of my stuff mobile and getting one myself, probably an ultraportable CULV, and using that as my main PC. For some strange reason, I really dislike having two pcs, I always spend so much more time and effort trying to keep things in sync and backing up files than I should. Everything I want is inevitably on the "other" computer. I'd like to keep all of my work, business, and personal files on the laptop. If it weren't for the games, I wouldn't be posting this, I'd just get the laptop and move on.
But, I do play games, not nearly as often as I used to though. On a regular basis, I play zombie panic source and L4D, but aside from that, I pick up a big title every once in awhile if its a series I've been following (HL, COD, etc), but not often. I can almost tolerate them on my wife's computer, but not quite.
My plan was to get a sweet spot of an ultraportable with decent graphics thats always rumored to be coming out, something like a dual core CULV with maybe an ION2 graphics card. By the numbers, that shouldn't have any trouble running the games I play daily, and then I wouldn't really need to worry about my desktop save for the few times I did play something that required the horsepower.
So after all that babbling, here's my question - has anyone found themselves in a similar situation and made the move to a laptop for non-intensive games and found it to be beneficial and simplified, or do you find it frustrating trying to game on a lower end laptop and always use your desktop at home, and use the laptop while away?
I think if I threw in the towel and gave up on the next half life ever coming out, I wouldn't even be posting this.
I've been leaning towards taking most of my stuff mobile and getting one myself, probably an ultraportable CULV, and using that as my main PC. For some strange reason, I really dislike having two pcs, I always spend so much more time and effort trying to keep things in sync and backing up files than I should. Everything I want is inevitably on the "other" computer. I'd like to keep all of my work, business, and personal files on the laptop. If it weren't for the games, I wouldn't be posting this, I'd just get the laptop and move on.
But, I do play games, not nearly as often as I used to though. On a regular basis, I play zombie panic source and L4D, but aside from that, I pick up a big title every once in awhile if its a series I've been following (HL, COD, etc), but not often. I can almost tolerate them on my wife's computer, but not quite.
My plan was to get a sweet spot of an ultraportable with decent graphics thats always rumored to be coming out, something like a dual core CULV with maybe an ION2 graphics card. By the numbers, that shouldn't have any trouble running the games I play daily, and then I wouldn't really need to worry about my desktop save for the few times I did play something that required the horsepower.
So after all that babbling, here's my question - has anyone found themselves in a similar situation and made the move to a laptop for non-intensive games and found it to be beneficial and simplified, or do you find it frustrating trying to game on a lower end laptop and always use your desktop at home, and use the laptop while away?
I think if I threw in the towel and gave up on the next half life ever coming out, I wouldn't even be posting this.
