Somehow my piece of crap manages to play Elder Scrolls Online.




I'll make u a deal Coco. That laptop for mine? Mine comes with a Minecraft-playable guarantee.  

Posted by Yog

Somehow my piece of crap manages to play Elder Scrolls Online.




I'll make u a deal Coco. That laptop for mine? Mine comes with a Minecraft-playable guarantee.

I stopped reading the specs once I saw "HP"  

Posted by Coco

I stopped reading the specs once I saw "HP"

Hey I mean sure the wire melted the frame from the screen and then burnt up and now the entire screen is useless but it still plays Minecraft. That's all that matters.  

Is it even possible to have a laptop for under $500 that can run minecraft lol?  

Posted by iBubble

Is it even possible to have a laptop for under $500 that can run minecraft lol?

Minecraft is no where near as demanding as some of you seem to think it is. I paid 400 for my laptop 2 years ago and like I said it runs Elder Scrolls Online.  

Posted by Coco

I stopped reading the specs once I saw "HP"

literally doesnt matter when specs are involved

Posted by Coco

Yeahhhh you think something like that could at least play Minecraft? And wouldn't have overheating problems?

should be fine, up to dusty whether he wants a 17" or perhaps something smaller so he can carry it around more easily  

Posted by Coco

Well he doesn't need a super beefy laptop (and doesn't want one since he has a good desktop). He really only needs a laptop that he can work off of when he's not home, but also do casual gaming (probably mostly, if not only, Minecraft) if he wants.

He'll literally only use it if we go on trips somewhere, which isn't that often so would rather not spend more than $500 on a laptop he'll rarely use. Still want a decent one though, just not too expensive.

Well, that's your best bet then.  

if you prefer an SSD

http://www.amazon.com/Acer-Aspire-NV...1%7C2289792011  

Posted by iBubble

Is it even possible to have a laptop for under $500 that can run minecraft lol?

My ****ty $400 laptop i bought 2 years ago plays it fine  

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Latitud...8AAOSwfZhXM~fp


This is my laptop and I been using it since around 2012 and I bought it for 100 from my old job and well it works really well and it has handled a lot. But again I did add in some stuff to make it work a lot better. It goes for around 500 or less nowadays and I love it. Only issue is sometimes it gets blue screen but that was a issue that happen to these series of laptop from dell and it is really easy to replace any ram or screens if you break it.

I do plan on adding a new mother board/proccers and it is pretty big screen but isnt too heavy.

Here are the specs and even the games I played on this laptop on mid level some of those games are on high  

no such thing as a $500 'gaming' laptop, give ideal benchmarks or get out  

Posted by *Aero

no such thing as a $500 'gaming' laptop, give ideal benchmarks or get out

The "$500 gaming laptop" refers to the fact that they want the focus of the laptop to be as close to gaming as possible. You're obviously not going to get high or even mid end performance, but the alternatives could be a more portable laptop, larger media focused laptop, workstation laptop, etc.  

ACER IS REALLY BAD (worse than HP)