I have a triple screen set up at work. One macbook pro, one large Asus flat screen (HDMI,DVI) and my personal laptop. I use Synergy+ to control the mac from my laptop ( I've an usb keyboard and mouse ).

I can easily change the middle screen to either laptop (usually if I want to play games on the much bigger screen).

Debug binary on Macbook laptop screen, code on big screen, email on personal laptop.

Productive.

(July 2, 2012 at 7:55 pm)padraic Wrote: Not sure if the graphics card on the laptop is good enough for most games, I don't think so.

What is it??...(The graphics card that is)

(July 3, 2012 at 9:45 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote:

(July 2, 2012 at 7:55 pm)padraic Wrote: Not sure if the graphics card on the laptop is good enough for most games, I don't think so.

What is it??...(The graphics card that is)

I forget,but it's fairly limited. I did some research;my laptop cannot play some of the more popular games such as The Elder Scrolls or Age Of Empires.

The Laptop is a Dell Inspiron N5030

My laptop can play those games easy.

I often install texture packs and the like to make it look even better.

Acer Aspire 5745G, Optimus (Intel+nVidia) graphics.

(July 3, 2012 at 8:51 pm)Moros Synackaon Wrote: My laptop can play those games easy.

I often install texture packs and the like to make it look even better.

Acer Aspire 5745G, Optimus (Intel+nVidia) graphics.

Oh, OK,I'll give it a go. Ta

Lol. If you're on an underpowered laptop or one with just Intel graphics, it'll choke.

I'm in technology, so I know what to select.

Next laptop you get, drop me a line before you purchase and I can suggest/evaluate.

I love laptops that can do everything a desktop can.

Quote: If you're on an underpowered laptop or one with just Intel graphics, it'll choke.

Oh. Basic specs and review suggest perhaps I'd better not. To be fair I didn't buy it for games. I have the Acer Aspire Z5761 for that; core i7 processor, 8 GB RAM ,Nvidia Geforce GT520 graphics.

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The laptop:

Model: N5030
Processor: 2.5 GHz, Intel Pentium Dual Core T4500 Processor
Memory: 4GB DDR3 Memory
Hard Drive: 320GB SATA hard drive
Display: 15.6″ High Definition Display (1366 x 768)
Graphics: Intel GMA 4500MHD Graphics
Optical Drive: DVD+/-RW Drive
Webcam: 0.3MP Webcam
Card Reader: 3-in-1 Memory Card Reader
Wireless: 802.11b/g/n
Operating system: Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit)
Measures: 9.6 x 14.9 x 1.6 inches
Weight : 8.4 pounds


http://www.pc-laptop-battery.com/dell-in...30-review/

Yeah, it won't make the cut.

Heh -- I've a GT420M for my Acer's secondary card. Yours is one generation after mine. Games will play nicely on it.

(July 3, 2012 at 8:15 pm)padraic Wrote: I forget,but it's fairly limited. I did some research;my laptop cannot play some of the more popular games such as The Elder Scrolls or Age Of Empires.

The Laptop is a Dell Inspiron N5030

Nope, I know someone that has one - not gonna work for demanding games. You really need a good dedicated card (rather than the on-chip integrated graphics). My second laptop has a dedicated mid-range nVidia card and that's marginal on many titles. My newer laptop (w/nVidia GT555M) does fine.

You could run plenty of older and/or non-graphic intensive titles for sure (which is not a terrible things - there's lots of older stuff worth playing if games interest you at all).

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(July 4, 2012 at 12:58 am)Moros Synackaon Wrote: Yeah, it won't make the cut.

Heh -- I've a GT420M for my Acer's secondary card. Yours is one generation after mine. Games will play nicely on it.

My old laptop has a GT525M, faster than the GT420M I think, but not by much. Worked well most of the time on most games, with reduced settings on some. Running at native 1080 HD resolution is a lot to ask.

The GT555M is quite a bit better, but came at a price of course.