Jaguar - finished, Szumo declared winner

[llamabeast]

Hey LP, I don't know why you'd need 1.7 (rather than 1.7a). The LlamaServer's running 1.7a on it. In principle everyone should upgrade, but I'm pretty sure it doesn't actually matter (which is why I haven't really said much about it).

[Lazy_Perfectionist]

I woulda sworn I'd seen a message last time i set this up on a computer. Version 1.7 needed. I might be wrong. Doesn't really matter, I guess. Forget I brought it up.

[sum1lost]

hooray, im back. lemme get me turn in, and we can go and host whenever

[Starshine_Monarch]

Eh, I can always just copy/paste what I have here onto a flashdrive and just move it. I still haven't gotten it though, probably sometime at the end of the week or early next week. I've got about $600 to spend on it at the moment. Any suggestions before I make up my mind?

[Lazy_Perfectionist]

Well... what do you hope to do with it?

I could give a whole arseload of advice, but for this particular thread, I'll try to keep it succinct.

Intel Graphics has gotten better, over the years, but its still not a match for a real graphics card.

Beware integrated graphics that share system memory. Some are decent, some are crap, but include the amount of system memory they use in your calculations of whether you've got ram enough for Vista/XP/Linux + games.

Find out how much bloody heat the laptop will pump out, if you can.

General shoutout: When Shinuyama sends in their turn, could you give us a headsup, Zakna?

[Starshine_Monarch]

Well I was mainly just gonna use it for college, you know, just install some of the basics: MS Office (or I'll learn to use OpenOffice), Adobe Reader and GIMP (so I can work on my Dom 3 sprites properly), and afterwards, I'll put some of my games on: Dom 3, Civ 3, Heroes of Might and Magic 4, and Starcraft. Hopefully it will do well enough so I can install Heroes 5, Civ 4 and (eventually) Starcraft 2 on it without any hassle.

Here's the one I was looking at. I'm not exactly the most computer-savvy, It was mainly the price that caught my eye. I know that it will come with Vista, so I'm likely going to end up installing XP on it. I'm also going to be taking Business Management courses, so are there any programs that would be helpful with that?

[Starshine_Monarch]

Then again, I'm likely to lose a laptop, so I'm looking at desktops too.