My laptop could run Fallout 3 pretty well with minimal settings back when I had Windows as the primary OS. I’m not going back after switching to Linux though, which leaves Wine and dual booting. I’ve been meaning to get a SSD drive, which would be pretty small for dual boot. There seems to be a general slightly higher annoyance level in getting a diverse set of games running on a laptop.
I have a friend / extended-family-member who converted to laptops exclusively around 8 years ago, but still buys big power-house gaming laptops with large screens. Some creative desktop arrangements allow him to put down the laptop to use as a screen+mainbox, while plugging in large external drives, keyboard and mouse using eSata and USB ports, for whenever he wants to do some “real gaming”.
Unplug all three and you’ve still got a laptop to carry around, though obviously it’s a bit larger than most laptops and the laptop itself costs a lot more than normal.
I just bought a new laptop specifically with gaming in mind. Seems to work great, though I’ve only tried it with XCOM so far.
My laptop could run Fallout 3 pretty well with minimal settings back when I had Windows as the primary OS. I’m not going back after switching to Linux though, which leaves Wine and dual booting. I’ve been meaning to get a SSD drive, which would be pretty small for dual boot. There seems to be a general slightly higher annoyance level in getting a diverse set of games running on a laptop.
Yes, this is a good solution too.
I have a friend / extended-family-member who converted to laptops exclusively around 8 years ago, but still buys big power-house gaming laptops with large screens. Some creative desktop arrangements allow him to put down the laptop to use as a screen+mainbox, while plugging in large external drives, keyboard and mouse using eSata and USB ports, for whenever he wants to do some “real gaming”.
Unplug all three and you’ve still got a laptop to carry around, though obviously it’s a bit larger than most laptops and the laptop itself costs a lot more than normal.