Best laptop for playing old pc games?

I just had a thought. I remember a nice laptop I had back then which was a Dell C610. They can be had for around $60 on ebay. However, the only game you could play on it is Diablo 2. Heros 2 requires at least 2GHz dual core and I'm sure Heros 3 requires the same if not more horse power.

The Dell C610 was a very popular laptop back in the day and it should work fine on the Internet. My Dell Mini 9 netbook is only a 1.6 GHz CPU and I can watch YouTube on it. Although it is a little slow and I guess that is due to the speed of the motherboard.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Latitu...27220109?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item27f5c78c8d

This one needs a new battery which could be found on ebay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Latitu...98252865?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item2c7e57ee41

Needs battery. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Latitu...98250481?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item2c7e57e4f1

Eraser head problem, but you can use the track pad. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Latitu...74104591?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item463141c50f

You will need to install XP on this one. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Latitu...22496245?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item5662aa01f5

There are others but they go up to $70+ which I think is ridiculous. Just go to ebay and search for Dell C610.
 
If you're trying to get a laptop for 200 you'll just waste your money. Get a console or save.
 
Agent Smith said:
I just had a thought. I remember a nice laptop I had back then which was a Dell C610. They can be had for around $60 on ebay. However, the only game you could play on it is Diablo 2. Heros 2 requires at least 2GHz dual core and I'm sure Heros 3 requires the same if not more horse power.

The Dell C610 was a very popular laptop back in the day and it should work fine on the Internet. My Dell Mini 9 netbook is only a 1.6 GHz CPU and I can watch YouTube on it. Although it is a little slow and I guess that is due to the speed of the motherboard.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Latitu...27220109?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item27f5c78c8d

This one needs a new battery which could be found on ebay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Latitu...98252865?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item2c7e57ee41

Needs battery. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Latitu...98250481?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item2c7e57e4f1

Eraser head problem, but you can use the track pad. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Latitu...74104591?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item463141c50f

You will need to install XP on this one. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dell-Latitu...22496245?pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item5662aa01f5

There are others but they go up to $70+ which I think is ridiculous. Just go to ebay and search for Dell C610.
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So it plays diablo 2 good?
i like the one in the second link
cause the sellers about 30 minutes from where i live. But, is it safe to buy a computer off ebay?
 
Tooda lama said:
i like the one in the second link
cause the sellers about 30 minutes from where i live. But, is it safe to buy a computer off ebay?
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Most of the time.. The only time I've had problems is with overseas shipments where the seller doesn't respond to issues you have about your product (defects).

No worries though, eBay has a good system.
 
Nope. Sorry. Save up to $300 or so, and you'll be able to get a used laptop with an i5 and HD 3000 graphics. It will play any older game just fine.

I would recommend a Dell Latitude E6420 from eBay.
 
Tooda lama said:
One last question would a dell latitude c640. 2.4 ghz windows xp be good?
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I don't remember a c640 having a 2.4 GHz CPU.

It may work, but you may need service pack 3 for XP otherwise anti virus programs won't run. I would use Bitdefender Free as it's light and is cloud based.
 
FWIW HoMM 2 and 3 will run just just fine on a 233MHz Pentium 2 machine with little ram (64MB for Win98 did fine), those games aren't exactly CPU intensive. The 2GHz dual-core requirement is absolute bollocks, unless we're talking about completely different games. Diablo 2 isn't exactly a resource hog either, battle.net has Pentium 233, 32MB RAM and a Direct X graphics card as minimum requirements. These are really old games, remember.

You might be better off asking your friends/family if they have old, crap Win98/ME-era machines hanging around that they want to get rid of. Any new netbook will have more than enough grunt to run HoMM2&3 and Diablo II, however you might run into compatibility problems with a new OS. I can confirm that HoMM3 works fine on Windows 8.1, though.

EDIT: If all you want to do is play some oldschool games (i.e. no internet, or only browsing a handful of trusted sites), don't worry about getting yourself an anti-virus program.
 
PCunicorn said:
Nope. Sorry. Save up to $300 or so, and you'll be able to get a used laptop with an i5 and HD 3000 graphics. It will play any older game just fine.

I would recommend a Dell Latitude E6420 from eBay.
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What? An i5 is hardly necessary for Diablo 2 or anything around that age or older. That 640 is good for games into ~2002. Heck it's even got a radeon mobile GPU, not some Intel "extreme" graphics.
hackapelite said:
FWIW HoMM 2 and 3 will run just just fine on a 233MHz Pentium 2 machine with little ram (64MB for Win98 did fine), those games aren't exactly CPU intensive. The 2GHz dual-core requirement is absolute bollocks, unless we're talking about completely different games. Diablo 2 isn't exactly a resource hog either, battle.net has Pentium 233, 32MB RAM and a Direct X graphics card as minimum requirements. These are really old games, remember.

You might be better off asking your friends/family if they have old, crap Win98/ME-era machines hanging around that they want to get rid of. Any new netbook will have more than enough grunt to run HoMM2&3 and Diablo II, however you might run into compatibility problems with a new OS. I can confirm that HoMM3 works fine on Windows 8.1, though.

EDIT: If all you want to do is play some oldschool games (i.e. no internet, or only browsing a handful of trusted sites), don't worry about getting yourself an anti-virus program.
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This. :)

Aside from some virtual hardware problems, if you could only get a new machine you might be better off using a VM. I doubt there'd be too much issue with the old games that were made before graphics hardware was really a thing though.
 
Maybe, but it's far from being worth $200. I just assumed OP was going to use the laptop for more than just gaming. Even light web browsing needs something more powerful. If not, get a D610 or similar on Craigslist for $50.
 
My freind has this old computer he wants to get rid of its a dell dimension 8200. But, its filled with a ton of malware and the like. Its also got the fbi virus i remember this computer played every game i want to play. Would buying a new hard drive for it fix the problem?
 
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