I'm in love with the Alienware m11x. It's small and light, maybe not quite a netbook but definitely ultraportable. Great battery life, has all the cool alienware lights, and has an awesome graphics card. There are videos of it running Crysis, Left 4 Dead 2, and yes, SC2. I would buy it in an instant but the only problem is that the screen is tiny - 11.6".

Has anyone ever managed to play on a small screen? The resolution is actually decent so that shouldn't be a problem, but I think it might be a pain using a tiny minimap. The keyboard is also slightly smaller but that could be a good thing since it would be easier to reach number hotkeys.

Raydog

United States632 Posts

April 02 2010 23:01 GMT

Personally, I advise against getting Alienware computers. My family has had 3 of them, none have made it past the 2 year mark (one was a laptop, two were desktops).

Lenovo laptops are pretty good, but as for gaming I don't know. I just suggest to people to get something other than Alienwares.

Chuiu

3470 Posts

April 02 2010 23:09 GMT

I played SC on my 10" Asus just fine. The smaller screen makes it easier to see the minimap.

starfries

Canada3508 Posts

April 02 2010 23:14 GMT

well I haven't had a single laptop work solidly past 2 years. I actually have a lenovo t500 right now, but the graphics card died right before the beta came out >

disco

Netherlands1667 Posts

April 02 2010 23:19 GMT

On April 03 2010 08:01 Raydog wrote:
Personally, I advise against getting Alienware computers. My family has had 3 of them, none have made it past the 2 year mark (one was a laptop, two were desktops).

Lenovo laptops are pretty good, but as for gaming I don't know. I just suggest to people to get something other than Alienwares.

What happend to the days where Alienware was the top of the line...

fuuu dell

ShaperofDreams

Canada2492 Posts

April 02 2010 23:21 GMT

Should I get a laptop or a PC for SC2

As a writer portability is nice but not supreme. Opinions?

duckett

United States589 Posts

April 02 2010 23:34 GMT

yeah smaller has advantages like seeing everything at the same time, definitely doable imo

iMarshall

Norway189 Posts

April 02 2010 23:48 GMT

I play BW on a Samsung N120 (10,1" screen). It's not good enough to run SC2 (I've tried and failed), but of course has no problem running BW. It took some getting used to, but as long as you have a good mouse and a little patience, you won't have any problems getting used to playing on it.

andeh

United States904 Posts

April 02 2010 23:55 GMT

just hook it up to a regular monitor when playing games

Kyuukyuu

Canada6263 Posts

April 03 2010 00:08 GMT

#10

I think the small netbook keyboards are harder to get used to than the monitor size.

Superiorwolf

United States5509 Posts

April 03 2010 00:17 GMT

#11

i have a netbook and played sc all summer with it and will be using it tomorrow at a lan too
they are pretty good, especially since mine is about 85% of the normal keyboard length so its not that big of a deal. the keyboard is probably the main thing you want to worry about, it makes things a lot different

Raydog

United States632 Posts

April 03 2010 01:13 GMT

#12

On April 03 2010 08:19 disco wrote:

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What happend to the days where Alienware was the top of the line...

fuuu dell

this was prior to Dell buying out alienware, this was when Alienware was their own company.

Took 10 weeks for my computer to be delivered to me from the time it was ordered, then died 2 years later :/

alotta $$$ down the drain

madnessman

United States1581 Posts

April 03 2010 04:33 GMT

#13

I play SC1 on a Lenovo X61. It has a screen of 12.1", and it's very manageable. I also have a netbook that's 8.9", but that one's way too small and not do-able imo.

Loser777

1931 Posts

April 03 2010 04:50 GMT

#14

I'm assuming you want a gaming laptop because your current machine is inadequate. Don't do it. Playing Crysis/most FPSes on that thing is nothing more than a gimmick... a screen that size makes it absolutely painful. Please don't tell me you're going to use something like that as your main machine.