mini laptops

[Robster]

I use a laptop with integrated graphics AND has vista as a OS .I use 4.06 and it has worked flawlessly sinceV4.06 - Released October 20, 2008

was released and i set it up right it works 3 nights a week for three to five hours each of those nights and no hick ups

Hoster to me seems to work well and is not that demanding its whats on laptops that run in the background that steal resources.

I only use this laptop for hosting ..nothing else everything non essential is switched off.

I think many laptops are capable of running hoster if you take the time to set them up properly and switch everything off that you dont need.

[marklwood]

I would agree that it is not impossible. The only reason I said that was a number of problems that people are having seems to always boil down to integrated graphics. If the Bios is set up correctly to dedicate memory for video, that would get you half way there. The only problem with that is the CPU and the GPU still have to use the same bus to access memory at a slower speed than dedicated on-board memory. The second half of the equation is to not have ANYTHING that is not ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY running in the background. After all that you would still be left with a low powered Atom processor. This why I would not recommend one of these mini laptops.

[Roy Dennis]

Also have they got s-video out. As I mentioned In Another post. A lot of new computers do not have this feature. My Friend has just bought a new Sony computer and it only has HDMI output which can cause hook up to second monitor problems.

[billyo]

Originally Posted by Roy Dennis

Also have they got s-video out. As I mentioned In Another post. A lot of new computers do not have this feature. My Friend has just bought a new Sony computer and it only has HDMI output which can cause hook up to second monitor problems.

the one i saw at bestbuy has one, can't remember the brand, but even without one you can use the vga out just get an adapter, maxview pc to tv converter..my old inspiron 1000 laptop doesnt have an s-video, i used a maxview from www.aitech.com. and it works..

[bryant]

Originally Posted by Robster

I use a laptop with integrated graphics AND has vista as a OS .I use 4.06 and it has worked flawlessly sinceV4.06 - Released October 20, 2008

was released and i set it up right it works 3 nights a week for three to five hours each of those nights and no hick ups

Hoster to me seems to work well and is not that demanding its whats on laptops that run in the background that steal resources.

I only use this laptop for hosting ..nothing else everything non essential is switched off.

I think many laptops are capable of running hoster if you take the time to set them up properly and switch everything off that you dont need.

What's your video card model on that lappy, Rob?

[marklwood]

Originally Posted by bryant

What's your video card model on that lappy, Rob?

I was curious too. If the sig is correct, he has the Intel x3100. That coupled with the 667MHz bus speed would be better than most. I would also like to know how the bios is set to dedicate the ram for video.

How about it Robster?

Still collecting data on/against NVidia.

[billyo]

i'll be going to bestbuy in a little bit, i'll try to get the specs..missed yesterdays black friday sale

[billyo]

just got back form bestbuy..THEY'RE SOLD OUT !!!!

[computex13]

I've been using an HP NC6000 14.1 inch for years. They are down to about $200 on eBay and you can upgrade the internal (PATA) hard drive up to 250GB. I have my songs on the internal hard drive (10,000) and still have plenty of room. The have an ATI with s-video out. The sound is fine out of the earphone jack and they are small.

Mark