Laptop suggestions
Brynne:
You can usually upgrade RAM, and your harddrive. But things like video cards, usually not. They're integrated.
I just got a Macbook Pro two weeks ago, and so far it kicks ass. It's my 4th notebook, and, by far, the best I've had for running the game. Only has 2 GB of RAM right now, but it's upgradeable to 4.
I have partitioned my drive with Bootcamp, so am running XP, and the game, off that partition.
eevilcat:
RAM is easy to do, at least on the Dells I've used - there's a compartment on the bottom for quick access to the memory. The important thing is to make sure that you buy the right kind of memory - I got mine from a specialist website, Crucial, who match the manufacturer/model to the right sort memory for you.
burnished_dragon:
Thanks eevilcat, I am still going to Future Shop with hubby this week just to see what they have that is comparable and if cheaper, as hubby needs a laptop (he is heading to northern Alberta tar sands) and chatting on line is cheaper than long distance. Mine new laptop is hmm how do you say a "honey I love you, sorry I will be away for a while" bribe. I still have until Thursday and then I will call Dell if that is what I choose and actually talk to the salesperson and see if I can do any better (maybe get XP, doubtful). ;D
A nice new pretty red laptop to play Sims 2 should take some of the loneliness away. ::)
Argon:
Quote from: Gwill on 2007 July 14, 19:36:37
No point in going for 4GB ram if you get XP. A 32bit operating system can't use that much.
Then why does XP have a separate kernel for such a setup ::) 32bit operating systems CAN go up to 4GB but that is the limit, 64bit can access memory above that. Besides, from what I've seen there are very few OEMs that actually use the 64bit version of Vista.
ETA: Windows XP has 4 kernels: 1) single processor, memory below 4GB, 2) HT/Dual Core, memory below 4GB, 3) single processor, memory at 4GB, 4) HT/Dual Core, memory at 4GB.
Gwill:
Quote from: Argon on 2007 July 15, 17:26:12
Quote from: Gwill on 2007 July 14, 19:36:37
No point in going for 4GB ram if you get XP. A 32bit operating system can't use that much.
Then why does XP have a separate kernel for such a setup ::) 32bit operating systems CAN go up to 4GB but that is the limit, 64bit can access memory above that. Besides, from what I've seen there are very few OEMs that actually use the 64bit version of Vista.
ETA: Windows XP has 4 kernels: 1) single processor, memory below 4GB, 2) HT/Dual Core, memory below 4GB, 3) single processor, memory at 4GB, 4) HT/Dual Core, memory at 4GB.
I'm not sure exactly how or why this is. Maybe a 32bit operating system can use more RAM, but in the case of windows XP at least; it doesn't.
I have 4GB installed, but windows only uses 3,25GB. If you know of any way I can convince windows to use it all I'd be glad to know.
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