Anyone play on their laptop?
I am looking into getting a laptop for playing away from the house. I am pretty noob when it comes to wireless networks and all that so I have some questions.
How secure is wireless internet? Like say I want to go down to Starbucks or what not to play a bit, should I be worried about punching in my passwords while on their network?
What about reliability? I've been lucky that my home internet is quite stable, but I've heard that wireless can be a lot more.. iffy.
I'm also a cheap bastard... And am looking into getting a small, portable, long battery life EEE PC (something like this: Asus Eee PC 1000HE Blue w/ Atom N280, 1GB, 160GB, 802.11b/g/n, 10in WSVGA, WinXP Home at Memory Express Computers). Does anyone have one of these? I like everything about it except the 10 inch screen. Currently I am running two lcds (22" and 19") and I typically play 4 tables or less at a time. The smaller monitor is just for hand history windows, winamp, etc.
How secure is wireless internet? Like say I want to go down to Starbucks or what not to play a bit, should I be worried about punching in my passwords while on their network?
What about reliability? I've been lucky that my home internet is quite stable, but I've heard that wireless can be a lot more.. iffy.
I'm also a cheap bastard... And am looking into getting a small, portable, long battery life EEE PC (something like this: Asus Eee PC 1000HE Blue w/ Atom N280, 1GB, 160GB, 802.11b/g/n, 10in WSVGA, WinXP Home at Memory Express Computers). Does anyone have one of these? I like everything about it except the 10 inch screen. Currently I am running two lcds (22" and 19") and I typically play 4 tables or less at a time. The smaller monitor is just for hand history windows, winamp, etc.
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Get a wireless mouse, or some kind of mouse to attach, it will make it way easier than the built-in mouse.
As for battery life, they have plugs, so I wouldn't worry about battery life too much.
I would personally avoid the small laptops as those will be a pain to stare at. Laptops are cheap now, get something with a 16"+ screen imo.
Any particular brands of laptop to get (or stay away from)?
I went with a 17" HP.
If you're using exclusively for online poker, I would get the biggest screen at the cheapest price.
I highly recommend an HP laptop, check futureshop and bestbuy, they have deals on certain models at least once a month....also, I'd stay away from Toshiba, everyone I know who has one has eventually had problems with it.
This.
Times alot.
Even 4 tabling on a 14 inch screen is horrible (If you're tiling - cascading is OK but who prefers that?)
You just can't beat sitting outside, drinking a beer, and playing poker in a deck chair!