Escapecraft

vallorn wrote:im looking for 1 in the same price range so we can probably get the same one!

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pick two

aflycon wrote:If you can, just get the 500 pounds and continue to save for a Macbook Pro. My friend was over at my house today and he brought his, he runs 175 FPS Minecraft easy with several other programs running. Sure, it'll probably be around 900 pounds but it's worth it in the long run

vallorn wrote:you have dissmissed Sneakys laptop that ran Escapia1. and for that you must die.

Jake55778 wrote:

aflycon wrote:If you can, just get the 500 pounds and continue to save for a Macbook Pro. My friend was over at my house today and he brought his, he runs 175 FPS Minecraft easy with several other programs running. Sure, it'll probably be around 900 pounds but it's worth it in the long run

£900? Forget Minecraft, I'd wanna be running Crysis for that much.

Mini rant on Macs:

Spoiler! :

We have high end Macs in our studio at college, and I really don't get what the fuss is about them. They seem to crash just as often as any PC, and have just as many software issues. They aren't compatible with anything close to the range of software that PCs are, and of course they can't run 90% of games. They've not had any viruses while I've been using them... but then I've never had one on my PC either, I think it comes more down to being careful what you download.
They do come with nice monitors though (although there's nothing stopping you from buying one seperately and plugging it into a PC).

After a year of using them I've come to the conclusion that Macs are popular for the same reason ipods and iphones are: Apple's incredibly good marketing.

(I can't stand Macs' keyboards either, the laptop ones look okay, but I find the desktop ones unbearable.)

697134002 wrote: The ones that are in public places are so bad because people mistreat them.

Jake55778 wrote:

697134002 wrote: The ones that are in public places are so bad because people mistreat them.

Keyboards?

Spoiler! :

The ones I use most are in our course's studio, which has a lock on the door. Only 30 or so people have access to them. A few could use a clean but none of them are damaged in any way. The fact that they're pure white with deep recesses between the keys makes them almost impossible to keep clean anyway. That's not what bothers me so much, it's more the design; which I find uncomfortable, and the hotkeys (why even have a ctrl key on there if they're going to use cmd for everything? And why move the Alt key? It was perfectly fine where it was)

Or Macs in general?

Spoiler! :

Students aren't able to install new programs except to a temporary space which is wiped periodically. If there were malware or trojans slowing down any of them it wouldn't be for long. We also have tech support just 2 doors over to respond to any software/hardware issues. The room is air conditioned to help reduce heat build up on the machines, and the place is large enough and well ventilated enough that overheating isn't really a problem.

Either way the computers are kept in good condition. They're probably better cared for than most home computers. My objections with them stem solely from the fact that they're Macs. (They're getting replaced next year anyway, hopfully with PCs.)

697134002 wrote:-snip-.

As for getting more in-depth for the graphics, it can handle minecraft at fancy with everything turned on, very well( no lag issues). It can handle GTA4, 90% of FPS's, and according to my system requirements, it can handle Portal 2 perfectly.

Jake55778 wrote:

As for getting more in-depth for the graphics, it can handle minecraft at fancy with everything turned on, very well( no lag issues). It can handle GTA4, 90% of FPS's, and according to my system requirements, it can handle Portal 2 perfectly.

Really? Wow I wouldn't have expected a HD 4250 to perform so well. Minecraft is definately not taxing on graphics hardware, and Valve usually optimises well so I can believe Portal 2 would run, but GTA4 is a surprise. That game is a massive resource hog, many a gaming PC has been brought to it's knees trying to render it with the draw distance cranked up. I'm impressed a laptop can keep pace.

697134002 wrote: 1: The chunky keyboards are very old.
2: The periodic wipes are likely due to the fact that they are in a public place.
3: They are used by a lot of people. Some of those people no doubt mistreat them. I bet a lot of them hold the power key to shut them down. That just causes problems.

vallorn wrote: i have a friend whos laptop can play Crysis on almost all the highest settings... i think hes a wizard...

gaming
laptop
cheap

pick two

aflycon wrote:If you can, just get the 500 pounds and continue to save for a Macbook Pro. My friend was over at my house today and he brought his, he runs 175 FPS Minecraft easy with several other programs running. Sure, it'll probably be around 900 pounds but it's worth it in the long run; Macs are almost insusceptible to viruses, and are, depending on your experience, more user-friendly than Windows computers when it comes to programming and such (if you ever want to host a small server).

There's my two cents. :3

EDIT: Disregard that last part. Don't try to host a server from a laptop.

sag185 wrote:Just out of interest what does holding down the off button do to a computer? occasionally my computer completely freezes up and i have to do it to turn it off

697134002 wrote:

sag185 wrote:Just out of interest what does holding down the off button do to a computer? occasionally my computer completely freezes up and i have to do it to turn it off

It cuts off the power without allowing the computer to quit all processes, which can lead to problems over time.

vallorn wrote:No dark lets not start that again

In B4 dog Pile.