Can netbooks play games decently?

Persona-sama

I was thinking of getting a netbook like an Acer One or EEEpc or anything less than 400 dollars just to have a dedicated machine for running Windows games and for development. My friend uses his to run Maya and it seems to run it pretty well but I'm wondering if it's able to play the games and such.

I'd probably only play shitty games like PSU or Shin Megami Tensei Online: Imagine, but I was wondering if anyone else has some experience in these things and can tell me how they hold up.
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Persona-sama · Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:04 am

Hm, that's pretty discouraging. I suppose it's because they don't really have 3d cards?
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Persona-sama · Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 2:09 am

Oh man, thanks guys! I'm still thinking it over and probably won't get around to buying one until a few months later so I have time to wait and see if new developments pop up.

Like what someone mentioned earlier, it might make more sense just to go for a box that I could swap in a better video card for since I won't be doing much on it but playing an occasional game or working on prorgrams that'd work better on Windows (ie Maya, After Effects). I must ruminate on this further.

Feel free to turn this thread into a "Pimp my Netbook" thread and show off how tiny/cool your netbook is with photos and cute stories.
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Persona-sama · Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 4:28 am

DM, that is some sexy covering you're putting on your book. What does it look like before? Is the process hard? It seems like a pretty good way to sexy-up anything that you have as long as it's vaguely square shaped.

Also, just to tell you guys where I am computer-wise, I have a Macbook Pro I got 2 years ago that I use for most of my work. My Windows partition on it has recently gotten ruined because of Parallels fucking up something with the boot, so now I was thinking it'd just be nicer to have a dedicated PC. I'd just use the netbook theoretically for lazy internet browsing, portable movie viewing, gaming on the go, or other some such nonsense. I'm not looking for something to really replace my main 'top, just a little dandy I could have a fling with.

Getting a new box is looking like a really tempting option though.
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