runadrum Posted November 5, 2005 Share Posted November 5, 2005 Anybody play on a laptop rather than desktop ? I want to use a laptop for the first time to play while away from home for a couple of days, in a building with a wireless network. I've been told I just need to buy a network card for my 3 year old + laptop but I hate being the slowest guy on the table and wonder if anyone can recommend a minimum spec I should look for in a new machine. Also (sorry), anyone know how the wireless network works ? I log onto BT broadband on my desktop at home but what will I log onto on a laptop away from home ? Go gentle on the new boy (to the site, not to the delights of internet poker) ! Duncan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapdash Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 Re: Technology Welcome to PL, runadrum! I usually play on a laptop. To connect to your account at home you'll need a wireless router. Away from home, you'll need to find a wireless network you can connect to. There are lots of places these days (cafes, etc.) which have wireless internet. Usually you have to pay, and it can be quite expensive (typically £5 or £6 an hour), but there are some places with free access: I'd guess this will become more and more common. You'll often find places with unsecured wireless networks that you can connect to; I've often stayed in small hotels where I've been able to connect to what is presumably one of the neighbours' networks. Your laptop will be able to search for available networks, and if there's no password required, it's easy to connect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runadrum Posted November 6, 2005 Author Share Posted November 6, 2005 Re: Technology Thanks slapdash I've been assured the wireless network available will be free to use. It was more the question about the quality of laptop necessary not to slow up play, eg. CPU speed and amount of memory. Thinking about it I guess I need to try and connect my existing laptop instead of the desktop at home and see how far I get. :ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapdash Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 Re: Technology It was more the question about the quality of laptop necessary not to slow up play, eg. CPU speed and amount of memory. I doubt very much whether that will be an issue. I've played on a dial-up connection with a 6-year old 300MHz laptop and 32 MB RAM running Windows 98 and not had problems! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valiant23 Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 Re: Technology Out in 5th, but got a good advert in for PL.:ok Until someone said,"Didn't they sponsor a race recently-I saw the owner (Paul Ross) on ATR". So he won't be joining. :rollin:rollin:rollin ;) Totally off-topic Hiya and :welcome runadrum. Glad to see that despite seeing Paul on TV AND chatting to Pocket Lady and me you've still decided to join up. I'm Raider23pl (I think in the Sun tourney). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laidbackbloke Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 Re: Technology I'm afraid all i know about technology can be written on a postage stamp:$ ............................................... but :welcome to the PL runadrum :ok Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocket Lady Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 Re: Technology Hello again and Runadrum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runadrum Posted November 6, 2005 Author Share Posted November 6, 2005 Re: Technology Thanks for the advice and the warm welcome everyone. See you at the tables. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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