The Hannspree HannsBook SN12E2 Thread!

[Strontiumethics]

Yea I guess. Your right. This was the first ever mobile computer device I have ever brought. Im more of a desktop kind of person. So since im outa the house more, I figure I wanted something that could be portable, and somewhat powerful, not looking to play games on high with graphics maxed out lol. Perhaps low-medium settings is fine. htwingnut I would like your opinion on this laptop that I brought yesterday from HP, its the HP G42t

Ill give you the specs shortly.

[Strontiumethics]

OK here are the specs

Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual Core Processor P6200 (2.13 GHz, 3MB L3 Cache)
512MB ATI Mobility Radeon(TM) HD 6370 Graphics
4GB DDR3 System Memory
320GB 7200RPM

[Strontiumethics]

Do you think it will handle games well enough? Im not looking for anything to powerful, im a student on budget. Its $515 all together.

[HTWingNut]

What games? The HD 6370 is definitely better than the Intel GMA 4500MHD, but still not a powerhouse by any means. It will run latest WoW probably medium settings, and Starcraft 2 mostly medium, maybe some low.

[Strontiumethics]

yea...I figured that. But its soooo difficult to find a 14" laptop that has a powerful dedicated graphics card. Any in mind under $650? 13-14"?

[HTWingNut]

Well, I guess my point is that you won't find anything too powerful under $650. Which is fine, depending on what games you want to play. For games like WoW, Starcraft 2, Modern Warfare, Source games, etc it should be fine. But for Crysis, Bad Company 2, etc it will struggle.

I would recommend asking in the "What notebook should I buy" forum here. You'll probably get lots of good suggestions there.

[Strontiumethics]

Way ahead of you buddy! I posted a thread on it. But I would prefer your opinion because you understand where I am coming from more than the others. We had the same netbook/notebook lol. I didn't realize laptops get outdated so fast!

[uindauz]

any thoughts about running a triple boot on this machine ? Windows 7/Mac OS X/Linux

[Strontiumethics]

Wow, never tried that, the most I have on this machine running is VMware. XD What do you have in mind?

[HTWingNut]

Yeah, depending on what you need to do, best bet is to run a virtual machine. And if that is the case, you will want to get 4GB RAM.