EQ capable laptopFollow

For Christmas, I got my wife a Dell Inspiron 6000 and it works great. To save a bit of cash, I used the small business site on Dell; main thing is you don't get charged for the useless software they bundle into the home PC's. Then I dropped the HD down in size, but increased the video card (check the Sony site for compatible cards once you get it down to a few choices) and made sure that the mother board could take more than came from the factory; a common trick is to use multiple mem-sticks to give you the listed memory, so when you go to add, you realize you have to remove memory in the process. Finally, I waited until Dell had a discount offer; I got 10% off and free overnight shipping just after Thanksgiving. I have a co-worker who got a kick-*** Alienware system, but that was when they first came out and now that they are popular, they seem to be a bit pricey, IMHO.

A final point to consider, while laptops are typically slower that PC's, they still walk around with you, and after a bit you could always get yourself a flat screen monitor to make your gaming a bit more comfortable, if you find the images a problem.

I've used my GF's Vaio and my IBM Thinkpad from work when I travel. Even though both have 512mb ram and the default video cards both can run eq. With both had to adjust the settings and use the old models but it works. Like others have already stated, 1gb of ram and a good video card and you should be fine. As far as the Alienware goes, its a bit expensive but I have a friend who has one and it puts many pc's to shame.

My son is looking to buy a laptop for school that can play EQ also. but he does not have 2k to spend. Dell has an EPS system for $900 that has Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 900. Any ideas how this graphics card stacks up? I am thinking with 1 gig it should run EQ ok but not great?

I run EQ on my Dell laptop with integrated Intel video and EQ runs (and only 512 ram). I have most of the old models on and a lot of visual crap turned down, but I can box with it.

I'm been using a Dell Inspiron 700m as my primary EQ device for the past 6 months and it's been working fine for me. It has a 1.7G Centrino processor, 2 GB of ram and Intel's integrated video. (I think the current model is more powerful.) For me, the main limitation I've found is the screen size. I have my resolution set for 1280 x 800. Also, using a touchpad instead of a mouse takes a little getting used to.