Netbook + games?
Forget it. While the specs are equivelent of a laptop a couple of years ago, playing games is not really feasable on such a small screen. Depending on what he wants to play (I'm assuming not L4D or the like here) it is possible they'll run it, but the graphics device on most are absolutly shocking. Best of getting a cheap desktop for a couple of hundred, then putting a dedicated graphics card in it.
(stimpy, Sun 22 Nov 2009, 12:23, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

If you want games
you'll need a substantial PSU to power most modern graphics cards, plus a lot of them need two motherboard slots, so there isn't really a cheap way of getting a high spec gaming machine.

Buying a console for games would be the cheaper alternative.
(Bazongaloid, Sun 22 Nov 2009, 12:33, Reply)

I agree totally.
One thing that really cheese's my goat is that you can't use a keyboard/mouse with games on the PS3, but you can use it for other things.

The keyboard/mouse on that game that makes me drink milk without giving a shit would be ultimate win.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Sun 22 Nov 2009, 15:17, Reply)