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Magmawulf · 2012-02-03 00:55:49

I'm creating a setup for a [b]VERY[b] old laptop. It's just to play minecraft with my friend, and I'll be using my uber-powerful one, over LAN. Here is the awful stats:
a cpu like i3343 (or similar)
ubuntu 11.10 (currently installing)
12.1gb hd yikes
and terrible lan i dont even know hmm

Have you ever done something similar?

(Oh yeah, it doesn't have wireless -_- )

K-Jam · 2012-02-03 01:07:24

no. btw, u forgot that bold isn't [b] [b], the 2nd [b] has a / before the b

jji7skyline · 2012-02-03 01:12:22

What on earth do you mean by i3343?

And how on earth are you going to play MC on that? tongue

Even Minetest, which is supposed to run better on underpowered machines, rarely gets 5fps on our Pentium 4 40GB HDD laptop hmm

Magnie · 2012-02-03 01:20:02

12GB? Nice for an old computer, I spent 2/3 (maybe 3/4) of my life running on 8gb and 10gb HDDs. wink

Just so you know, it's not the Hard Drive you should be worried about, it's the RAM and processor speed. You need at least 512 free ram to run Minecraft with lag, 2gb RAM for close to no lag.

How much RAM does that computer have?

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alonsog1997 · 2012-02-03 01:29:06

Pentium 4 and some reasonably basic IGP (with 3d graphics) will do. I've run MC on a P4 2.8ghz desktop with a geforce fx 5200 and it's pretty smooth, so this should be doable dispute that notebooks are slower than their desktop counterparts. One definite no is a PIII, that will run as slow as nether.

Magmawulf · 2012-02-03 01:30:32

I've no clue, but I hope I have enough S:

jji7skyline · 2012-02-03 01:37:29

Magmawulf wrote:
I've no clue, but I hope I have enough S:

Dont' worry, you won't, just to let you know, so you don't get anxious about it, and so that you don't get dissappointed when it doesn't work neutral

alonsog1997 · 2012-02-03 01:38:21

I've tried to refurbish an old laptop before (specs down bellow), but the notebook has hard drive errors, and I don't wanna spend money on another hard drive.
Specs:
Compaq Presario 1600-XL142 (suspect able of having a 16xl256 system board)
192MB RAM yikes
Intel PIII 650Mhz Mobile yikes yikes yikes
Now dead 6gb hard drive DX
12" 800x600 Screen that doesn't know anymore when it's closed : (
DVD ROM
Broken Floppy
Trident CyberBlade i1 that steals 8MB ram
Yeah, that is a definite no for minecraft hardware. Wish you better luck than I had. (That notebook i have was intended for old software, by the way)

jji7skyline · 2012-02-03 01:39:21

Magnie wrote:
12GB? Nice for an old computer, I spent 2/3 (maybe 3/4) of my life running on 8gb and 10gb HDDs.

Just so you know, it's not the Hard Drive you should be worried about, it's the RAM and processor speed. You need at least 512 free ram to run Minecraft with lag, 2gb RAM for close to no lag.

How much RAM does that computer have?

Graphics card is also important. 3D is almost a neccesity.

jji7skyline · 2012-02-03 01:40:25

alonsog1997 wrote:
I've tried to refurbish an old laptop before (specs down bellow), but the notebook has hard drive errors, and I don't wanna spend money on another hard drive.
Specs:
Compaq Presario 1600-XL142 (suspect able of having a 16xl256 system board)
192MB RAM
Intel PIII 650Mhz Mobile
Now dead 6gb hard drive DX
12" 800x600 Screen that doesn't know anymore when it's closed : (
DVD ROM
Broken Floppy
Trident CyberBlade i1 that steals 8MB ram
Yeah, that is a definite no for minecraft hardware. Wish you better luck than I had. (That notebook i have was intended for old software, by the way)

You should turn it into a digital picture frame or something smile 800x600 at 12" doesn't sound too bad big_smile

Magmawulf · 2012-02-03 01:41:01

jji7skyline wrote:
Magmawulf wrote:
I've no clue, but I hope I have enough S:
Dont' worry, you won't, just to let you know, so you don't get anxious about it, and so that you don't get dissappointed when it doesn't work

Are you sure you know who your talking to? I made the pc I'm on atm. tongue

[ssss]

Magmawulf · 2012-02-03 01:44:31

Alrighty! It definately will NOT play mc smile
http://resource.toshiba-europe.com/europe/computers/flyers/satellitepro/satellitepro4300_01_01.pdf

jji7skyline · 2012-02-03 01:57:39

Magmawulf wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
Magmawulf wrote:
I've no clue, but I hope I have enough S:
Dont' worry, you won't, just to let you know, so you don't get anxious about it, and so that you don't get dissappointed when it doesn't work
Are you sure you know who your talking to? I made the pc I'm on atm.

[ssss]

Yes, I know tongue

And just because you're good with computers, doesn't mean a rubbish laptop is suddenly going to run MC tongue

Magmawulf wrote:
Alrighty! It definately will NOT play mc
http://resource.toshiba-europe.com/europe/computers/flyers/satellitepro/satellitepro4300_01_01.pdf

yikes

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slinger · 2012-02-03 03:42:46

Magmawulf wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:
Magmawulf wrote:
I've no clue, but I hope I have enough S:
Dont' worry, you won't, just to let you know, so you don't get anxious about it, and so that you don't get dissappointed when it doesn't work
Are you sure you know who your talking to? I made the pc I'm on atm.

[ssss]

You mean you assembled your PC or did you make the OS etc...

Magmawulf · 2012-02-03 04:42:46

slinger wrote:
Magmawulf wrote:
jji7skyline wrote:

Dont' worry, you won't, just to let you know, so you don't get anxious about it, and so that you don't get dissappointed when it doesn't work
Are you sure you know who your talking to? I made the pc I'm on atm.

[ssss]
You mean you assembled your PC or did you make the OS etc...

I assembled it tongue
making an OS is around 51 on the list :S tongue

jji7skyline · 2012-02-03 05:08:49

Magmawulf wrote:
slinger wrote:
Magmawulf wrote:

Are you sure you know who your talking to? I made the pc I'm on atm.

[ssss]
You mean you assembled your PC or did you make the OS etc...
I assembled it
making an OS is around 51 on the list :S

lol

Magmawulf · 2012-02-03 05:48:23

jji7skyline wrote:
Magmawulf wrote:
slinger wrote:

You mean you assembled your PC or did you make the OS etc...
I assembled it
making an OS is around 51 on the list :S

hehehe smile
I have a lot of stuff to do - mainly minecraft related though smile

slinger · 2012-02-03 06:41:24

Magmawulf wrote:
slinger wrote:
Magmawulf wrote:

Are you sure you know who your talking to? I made the pc I'm on atm.

[ssss]
You mean you assembled your PC or did you make the OS etc...
I assembled it
making an OS is around 51 on the list :S

lol

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