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Posted January 14, 2009
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custardcream: yes you can run oblivion on a netbook BUT you need a fanmade patch/mod called Oldblivion.
what oldblivion does is alter quite a few shader scripts to work on gfx cards that dont have pixel shader capabilities or limited capabilities.
oldblivion does NOT work on fallout 3 because it wasnt designed for it and because the engine has changed substantially, thus you cannot run fallout 3.
the author of oldblivion has made some progress in making something similar for FO3.
but its far from being finished, and its not definite that he will ever finish it.
as for nvidia making chips for netbooks - they already do, and already are at retail. the asus n10j has a 9xxx chip in it already.
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JudasIscariot: I'm not running Oldblivion though. And I finally managed to see a bit of Fallout 3. I got to see a small portion of the "One Year Later" part of the game but then the game crashes after I crawl up to Liam Neeson's character in the game. Of course I had people with no heads in the parts of the game I managed to see....so all that leads me to believe there are some bugs somewhere within the game.

well its no wonder youre able to run it.
this thread is about NETbooks (N.E.T.) not NOTEbooks. (N.OT.E.)
your machine has got a gma965 (x3100) in it. thats far above anything that netbooks (apart from the latest asusn10j) have.
the gateway machine cannot be classed as a netbook ever with the specs that it has, and therefore you shouldnt mislead users in a netbook thread by posting compatibility and operating viability information on a machine thats fsar different from theirs.
for a (N.E.T.B.O.O.K.) you need to use oldblivion otherwise youll get errors and the game wont even start, due to the lack of sufficient pixel shaders on the gma950.
Posted January 14, 2009
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JudasIscariot: I'm not running Oldblivion though. And I finally managed to see a bit of Fallout 3. I got to see a small portion of the "One Year Later" part of the game but then the game crashes after I crawl up to Liam Neeson's character in the game. Of course I had people with no heads in the parts of the game I managed to see....so all that leads me to believe there are some bugs somewhere within the game.
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custardcream: well its no wonder youre able to run it.
this thread is about NETbooks (N.E.T.) not NOTEbooks. (N.OT.E.)
your machine has got a gma965 (x3100) in it. thats far above anything that netbooks (apart from the latest asusn10j) have.
the gateway machine cannot be classed as a netbook ever with the specs that it has, and therefore you shouldnt mislead users in a netbook thread by posting compatibility and operating viability information on a machine thats fsar different from theirs.
for a (N.E.T.B.O.O.K.) you need to use oldblivion otherwise youll get errors and the game wont even start, due to the lack of sufficient pixel shaders on the gma950.

Sorry I wasn't trying to mislead anyone here. I just don't really know much about netbooks. I figured netbook/notebook = same thing. Although, I have to say if you're going to spending money on a netbook, get a notebook instead. You get more features for a little bit more money.
Posted January 14, 2009
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JudasIscariot: netbook/notebook = same thing

Nonononononononono
Posted January 15, 2009
Hey guys, simple question, I am looking to getting a new portable computer but it has to have an RS 232 port. I was looking at netbooks because they are pretty tiny, but alas, they don't have RS232 ports, at least that I noticed, do you guys have any suggestions?
Posted January 15, 2009
wow, aside from telnetting to cisco networking gear, I haven't heard anyone say they wanted an RS232 for years!
how about the second product on this page?
http://www.oceancontrols.com.au/computer_products/usb_converters.htm
I was giving thought to a cheap dell notebook, their entry level model does most of what I want and would suit the size of my hands better but the netbook has the longer battery life (at least the ones with WLED backlit screens should) and is more portable, both of which are more important to a uni writing book replacement. I've got a 17" HP laptop to do most of my heavier work on (well all of it now my main computer has died) so I don't really need the larger model.
Posted January 15, 2009
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Aliasalpha: wow, aside from telnetting to cisco networking gear, I haven't heard anyone say they wanted an RS232 for years!
how about the second product on this page?
http://www.oceancontrols.com.au/computer_products/usb_converters.htm
I was giving thought to a cheap dell notebook, their entry level model does most of what I want and would suit the size of my hands better but the netbook has the longer battery life (at least the ones with WLED backlit screens should) and is more portable, both of which are more important to a uni writing book replacement. I've got a 17" HP laptop to do most of my heavier work on (well all of it now my main computer has died) so I don't really need the larger model.

That would work wonderfully thanks! I know it's kind of old and stuff, but it's for a school project, and I would just rather not have to go look for new components with usb connections. And since we got $500 for a new computer, we can get a netbook and this while staying under the budget, the longer battery life is also a plus, we're not really going to be working on this one, it's going to be through a remote desktop since this will be out on a surface vessel. Wow, that's way more information than any of you care for, anyways, thanks bud.
Posted January 15, 2009
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honorbuddy: Wow, that's way more information than any of you care for, anyways, thanks bud.

Oh no, I'd have been wondering what on earth a modern computer would do with an rs232 if you'd not said...
Posted January 16, 2009
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Aliasalpha: I was actually thinking of putting win7 on my current lappy when I get the netbook since I'll at least have 1 computer if I stuff it up...

From a MS employee's blog:
It’s also worth noting in passing that Windows 7 is far better suited to a netbook than any previous operating system: it has a much lighter hard drive and memory footprint than Windows Vista, while also being able to optimize for solid state drives (for example, it switches off disk defragmentation since random read access is as fast as sequential read access, and it handles file deletions differently to minimize wear on the solid state drive).

It sounds to me like it may actually be worth something for netbook manufacturers to start using 7 instead of XP like they have been for the past several years.
Post edited January 16, 2009 by Urb4nZ0mb13
Posted January 16, 2009
Does the GOG.com stuff work with the Windows 7 beta as yet?
BJ
Posted January 16, 2009
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BJWanlund: Does the GOG.com stuff work with the Windows 7 beta as yet?
BJ

I'm pretty sure some people posted in the Windows 7 beta topic saying that everything was working fine.
Posted January 16, 2009
It also does use a lot of whats in vista if what I've been reading is right so its pretty safe to assume it would work
Posted January 16, 2009
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BJWanlund: Does the GOG.com stuff work with the Windows 7 beta as yet?
BJ

Actually DarkStar One wouldn't start for me, but it did on Vista.
Post edited January 16, 2009 by Urb4nZ0mb13
Posted January 16, 2009
is there any difference in compatibility mode options in 7? Well I assume they've added vista as a compatibility option but aside from that does it seem any different?
Posted January 16, 2009
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Aliasalpha: is there any difference in compatibility mode options in 7? Well I assume they've added vista as a compatibility option but aside from that does it seem any different?

No, not at all.
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Posted January 16, 2009
It's a shame it'd require licencing hardware information but it'd be really nice if they let you build a compatibility mode profile with specific hardware. Say for example if a game doesn't work right with older ATI cards then you could tell it to specifically emulate a geforce 2
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