upgraded to 512MB RAM and 80GB HDD, and a 1.4GHz Pentium M. Bought it used for $350 two years ago. The one thing that bugs me about it is the 1024x768 14.1" screen, I want a higher resolution to fit more stuff on there. Plus I'd like to be able to play massive OpenTTD games on there (open source clone of Transport Tycoon of 90's fame, some online coop games have rail networks with well over a thousand trains which stresses the CPU quite a bit), but I can use the desktop for that.
A thousand trains is insane, though. How do you ever spend any time at all on something other than replacing old trains, repairing tracks and other boring maintenance stuff? That took up most of my playing time in the original game even with more modest numbers (say about 50 trains, 100+ road vehicles, couple dozen aircraft and ships).
1) Breakdowns off
2) Start quite late so that all trains are available, pick one engine type to work with.
3) Trains only
4) Have between 2 and 10 people working on stuff simultaneously
Tracks don't need to be repaired.
I can utterly recommend visiting the link to see how it's done, joining a game requires a recent development version + some extra data files, the wiki explains most of it.
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An honest question- Why do people spend so much money on laptops?
- 22/01/2010 10:52:03 AM
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I'm mostly happy with my Thinkpad from 2003
- 22/01/2010 12:58:12 PM
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Transport Tycoon is utterly awesome.
- 22/01/2010 01:36:28 PM
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A few things:
- 22/01/2010 04:57:07 PM
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Yup, I bought a netbook and it's better than any amount of money I could have spent on a laptop. *NM*
- 22/01/2010 02:27:45 PM
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I wish i would have spent more.
- 22/01/2010 03:44:03 PM
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You sound like you know what you're doing, so I'll make this an honest question. 
- 22/01/2010 04:38:33 PM
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- 22/01/2010 04:38:33 PM
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because our fathers pay for them........... *NM*
- 22/01/2010 05:54:31 PM
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Speak for yourself. I've paid for each and every one of my computers. *NM*
- 23/01/2010 03:29:19 AM
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Mine are portable design machines, so my aging Powerbook will likely be replaced by a Macbook Pro. *NM*
- 22/01/2010 06:41:26 PM
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I don't understand why anyone would spend any money on a Mac. 
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- 22/01/2010 08:19:22 PM
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- 22/01/2010 08:19:22 PM
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Well, if you want to play games, it's fairly necessary.
- 23/01/2010 02:31:10 AM
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I've actually gone that route for. . .hm, about 5 years of college now.
- 23/01/2010 03:38:12 AM
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It would be fine while in the room. But I go to college in Boston and live in Louisiana.
- 23/01/2010 08:22:35 PM
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My son and his friend were talking about this with me last week.
- 23/01/2010 04:11:08 AM
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- 23/01/2010 08:59:11 AM
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- 23/01/2010 08:59:11 AM
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