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Author:  Kudark [ Mon, Mar 07 2011, 14:11 PM ]
Post subject:  NWN and laptops
Can NWN be played on a Dell 600 laptop?
If not, can it be upgraded to do so?
If not, what unit is recommended?

Also, someone here said that you can put NWN on a stick and use it on a laptop. How to do this?
Author:  Nekhy [ Mon, Mar 07 2011, 14:15 PM ]
Post subject:  Re: NWN and laptops
You need very low specs laptop to run NWN, really. I run it on a netbook easily, only the DM client gives me trouble. And well, my own impatience is the biggest obstacle, really. Netbook playing/toolsetting is frustratingly slow to someone who's used to high level hardware, but it's a matter of attitude. I know folks who run NWN on very low end desktops, too.
Author:  Silvarus [ Mon, Mar 07 2011, 14:16 PM ]
Post subject:  Re: NWN and laptops
Dell 600 is weak (assuming you mean the old one, and not something like the XPS 600), but since NWN runs on netbooks such as the eeePC, it should run just fine.

NWN doesn't care jack shit about the windows registry so you should just be able to copy the installation directory to an external memory and play the game on any machine as long as you adjust the settings accordingly. I have not tried this on windows machines, but my NWN installation on Linux has been in use on at least three or four different computers, often from an external hard drive. If it doesn't work on Windows, just install USB-bootable Linux on a stick and install the game in there.
Author:  Kudark [ Mon, Mar 07 2011, 14:20 PM ]
Post subject:  Re: NWN and laptops
I'm fairly sure it's the old one, it's a company issued unit.
It's running Auto CAD 2007 right now, and mostly empty.
The blasted thing is at home now, or I'd have the specs for you.
Author:  Ajax [ Mon, Mar 07 2011, 16:23 PM ]
Post subject:  Re: NWN and laptops
I couldn't run it on high specification with a dual core.
Author:  Arawanos [ Mon, Mar 07 2011, 18:34 PM ]
Post subject:  Re: NWN and laptops
Kudark wrote:
I'm fairly sure it's the old one, it's a company issued unit.
It's running Auto CAD 2007 right now, and mostly empty.
The blasted thing is at home now, or I'd have the specs for you.


Installing NWN on your workissued PC could possibly be a bad idea and lead to you being fired though :) Back in 2004 an installation of NWN on my then Uni-laptop made me unable to listen to any of the classes I attended and ended up costing me another 6 months on a semester :roll:

Just a friendly heads up 8)
Author:  Nekhy [ Mon, Mar 07 2011, 18:40 PM ]
Post subject:  Re: NWN and laptops
USB stick method works on company laptops!
Author:  Kudark [ Mon, Mar 07 2011, 18:43 PM ]
Post subject:  Re: NWN and laptops
It's work issued, but was privately owned previously. Our I.T. guy has his own business and got it for me, so I'm not too worried about those kind of locks or safeguards or whatever.

I have windows XP Pro on it, does that change the way the stick is used?
Sorry, i'm not up on all these trix of the trade.
Author:  Silvarus [ Mon, Mar 07 2011, 19:20 PM ]
Post subject:  Re: NWN and laptops
Kudark wrote:
I have windows XP Pro on it, does that change the way the stick is used?

Should be no problem.

Give it a go.
Author:  P Three [ Mon, Mar 07 2011, 23:05 PM ]
Post subject:  Re: NWN and laptops
I played NWN on a Dell lappy with XP. Worked fine. This was...oh.,..two, three years ago now, so you should be all right.
Author:  ainjyll [ Mon, Mar 07 2011, 23:29 PM ]
Post subject:  Re: NWN and laptops
AxlLeigh wrote:
I played NWN on a Dell lappy with XP. Worked fine. This was...oh.,..two, three years ago now, so you should be all right.


Same here. Can't remember exactly what model Dell I have, but it's from 2007 and it runs NWN like a champ.... even if the keyboard is a bit awkward.
Author:  wereguy2 [ Tue, Mar 08 2011, 8:11 AM ]
Post subject:  Re: NWN and laptops
Runs horribly on my own netbook, and it's a decent model, too. D:
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