[quote name='Nathan_Sama']what do I look under to find my specs on the computer?
Would putting all my music, documents, and pictures on a external hard drive, then re-installing Windows XP help?
I was wanting to play like stuff like Peggle, Plants vs. Zombies, L4D 1&2, Team Fortress 2, Fallout 3, Borderlands, etc. on a laptop.[/QUOTE]
well those are some newer games you have no there, so youll have to spend a decent amount to get a worthwhile computer. this may suffice, its capable or running some newer games at medium settings with a decent fps. but again, depending on your budget you could do better. also, with a laptop that can play something like borderland and l4d2 youre probably looking at something with a fairly big screen and heavier than most laptops.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Toshiba...lack/9705203.p?id=1218154377801&skuId=9705203
right click on my computer and select properties. it will give you youre cpu speed, ram, and OS. that should be enough to start.
[quote name='bordjon']for a laptop I would go mac - even considering the price premium. I have three mac laptops of various generations in my house. They are solid.
Personally, I use a custom made desktop with windows 7 - a very capable and nice looking OS - as my main computer. My wife uses the macs as her main computers but I use them frequently. I teach on macs daily. I also have two hackintosh desktops running right now. One core2duo and one p4. Hackintosh is NOT easy. Even when it's suppose to be. My c2d system was a vanilla install and it was still a pain - lots of research has to be done when you are creating a hackintosh (osx86 system - whatever you want to call it.) Unless you have plenty of time and lots of computer know-how (I've been working on and building computers for over 20 years) I would just get a mac if you want OS X.[/QUOTE]
sure, i didnt mean to say that a hackintosh was easy to set up. ive had a hell of a time getting it to run on my homebuilt system, and its still not 100% (its like 60%), but certain laptops and certain hardware configurations make it easier, thats all i mean.