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

zixxer

Diamond Member
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
 
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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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