Comments on: Using A Netbook As A Mobile Gaming Machine

By: Michelle Satori

Michelle Satori — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 18:10:00 +0000

I had never even considered using my netbook for gaming purposes before…great idea!

By: Ipod_to_PC

Ipod_to_PC — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:56:47 +0000

Well, it isn't a bad idea if were talking about casual and not power-hungry games used to kill time in the bus. But still, there are dedicated gaming laptops out there.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:30:27 +0000

As a gamer, I have to interject with the fact, that, in my world the very definition of a gaming machine is a box that MUST have at least a dual core CPU, and dedicated late-gen graphics card, at the very least. Also I find that using anything less than a 22″ screen, a full-sized keyboard, and a wired laser mouse to detract heavily from the experience of gaming.

There is simply no way to sit in front of a laptop-form computer and game for several hours and still be comfortable, IMO.

That’s my definition of “gaming”.

That said, simply “playing games” is another story. You can “play games” on your grandma’s 666MHz P2 with 512MB of RAM. So yeah, as others have said, “passing the time playing games” is easily done on a netbook, but I would never trust anything less than my full gaming setup to deliver the full gaming experience of your new-age “gamers games”.

By: Gareth Evans

Gareth Evans — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 22:24:41 +0000

How can you say that? The ASUS EEEPC 10005-HAM with the Intel Atom N270 can run Halo without problems. Sure it won’t surpass them but these computers aren’t to be taken lightly.

They have better hyperthreading capabilities than most other processors.

By: Annuaire

Annuaire — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:35:44 +0000

games on your netbook is really to pass the time on a long journey

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:57:11 +0000

I would say yes. Some of the best game design out there is in the flash world. I enjoyed Fantastic Contraption more than any app type PC game or console game I have played for quite some time. I like games with engaging depth–which is pretty much independent of graphics capability. Let the twitch junkies have their $500 video cards and make me some games that make me think.

By: Striker

Striker — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 07:44:58 +0000

I would say that games on your netbook is really to pass the time on a long journey, It could be fun for a while but wont surpass a properly designed gaming desktop or latptop