Heya, I haven't bought a laptop in a while and it's for obvious reasons. My current laptop can browse the internet and do other tiny things just fine, and gaming laptops are expensive and you pay a lot more for parts.
But there are times I'm on the go and would like to have a portable gaming device. More importantly,. just the thought of having what would basically be a portable PlayStation 2 is incredibly enticing. But I don't want to spend too much money. A portable PlayStation 2 is sure something I've wanted to have for a long time, but I know better than to just blow money on constantly outdating computer hardware left and right. And honestly the most demanding game I would even possibly want to play portably at the moment would be something as demanding as Shogun 2 or the new and more demanding MMORPGs of recent year. Most of the stuff I play on Steam and want to take on the go isn't that demanding, and is stuff like Recettear, Chantelise, Sonic Generations, Last Remnant, modded up Oblivion(mods do take up a bit more horsepower than vanilla game), Alice: Madness Returns, Devil May Cry 4, Silent Hill: Homecoming, Street Fighter IV(that one's very important, like Sonic Generations), Bastion... typically really non-demanding games like that.
But I do want to accomplish taking it with me. I want a system that can not only play Sonic Generations and Street Fighter IV with no trouble, but pretty much do fairly well with the PlayStation 2 library. I'm a console gamer primarily and so therefor emulation is important to me. Dolphin is a worthy mention here too, actually. A system that can work well with PCSX2 and Dolphin is of prime importance here, even more important than Steam. I need to be able to play Tales of Symphonia on the go.
And I was wondering just how cheaply and reasonably I can do this, if at all. And by "if at all" I mean reasonably, without having to spend a whole lot more than a thousand dollars.
My preference is for Asus and MSI laptops but I'll get whatever works and is cheapest. Just how cheaply can I go? And are there any particularly good deals on laptops anywhere right now that fit my bill. Also, I can settle for less than my requirements. Merely having a laptop that would play most of my lesser demanding Steam games and could handle at least PlayStation 1 emulation on high settings with no problem would be a major luxury.
But there are times I'm on the go and would like to have a portable gaming device. More importantly,. just the thought of having what would basically be a portable PlayStation 2 is incredibly enticing. But I don't want to spend too much money. A portable PlayStation 2 is sure something I've wanted to have for a long time, but I know better than to just blow money on constantly outdating computer hardware left and right. And honestly the most demanding game I would even possibly want to play portably at the moment would be something as demanding as Shogun 2 or the new and more demanding MMORPGs of recent year. Most of the stuff I play on Steam and want to take on the go isn't that demanding, and is stuff like Recettear, Chantelise, Sonic Generations, Last Remnant, modded up Oblivion(mods do take up a bit more horsepower than vanilla game), Alice: Madness Returns, Devil May Cry 4, Silent Hill: Homecoming, Street Fighter IV(that one's very important, like Sonic Generations), Bastion... typically really non-demanding games like that.
But I do want to accomplish taking it with me. I want a system that can not only play Sonic Generations and Street Fighter IV with no trouble, but pretty much do fairly well with the PlayStation 2 library. I'm a console gamer primarily and so therefor emulation is important to me. Dolphin is a worthy mention here too, actually. A system that can work well with PCSX2 and Dolphin is of prime importance here, even more important than Steam. I need to be able to play Tales of Symphonia on the go.
And I was wondering just how cheaply and reasonably I can do this, if at all. And by "if at all" I mean reasonably, without having to spend a whole lot more than a thousand dollars.
My preference is for Asus and MSI laptops but I'll get whatever works and is cheapest. Just how cheaply can I go? And are there any particularly good deals on laptops anywhere right now that fit my bill. Also, I can settle for less than my requirements. Merely having a laptop that would play most of my lesser demanding Steam games and could handle at least PlayStation 1 emulation on high settings with no problem would be a major luxury.
