Just got a new laptop. any good laptop progs? games?

[zixxer]

Just got a dell inspiron 5100. It's kinda of bulky, but no big deal. 2.4ghz p4; 256mb ram (soon 512); radeon 7500 32mb video.

Think GTA: Vice City will run on this?

Any other good games?



Wonder if this cpu can be swapped out or if it is propriatary

 

[edro]

Get a Knoppix CD (bootable linux distro that resides in memory, then is gone when you reboot). They are fun to play with Linux without actually installing it.

Then, play Frozen Bubble.

 

[RossMAN]

Where are you ordering additional RAM from and how much?

 

[AbsolutDealage]

GTA: Vice city minimum spec:

800Mhz Pentium III/Athlon or 1.2 Ghz Celeron/Duron processor
128 MB Ram
8 speed CD / DVD drive
915 MB free hard disk space
32 MB video card with DirectX compatible drivers
Sound Card with DirectX compatible drivers
Keyboard and Mouse
Win 98 / 98 SE/ ME / 2000 Pro with Service Pack 3 / XP with Service pack 1
DirectX 9.0

Should run just fine.

 

[dartworth]

I have the same lappy. Pretty good laptop for the price. I have the 64MB 7500 video card and have play BF1942 on it. Vice City will run on it.

I was going to try Call of Duty, but my CDRW/DVD died on me on Tuesday night. I called Dell and a replacement was here today...nice job Dell🙂

I always buy ram for my laptops from Crucial. never had a problem with them and they have a lifetime warranty.

Check out Dell's forums for more info on upgrades and info on the lappy. http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums

Congrats on your new purchase.

 

[Tronoman]

I just got a new dell from the hot deals as well. I found this program, looks pretty interesting. I havent installed it yet but it could be usefull.

http://www.diefer.de/i8kfan/