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ChrisBrightwell
Jul 5, 2006, 01:36 PM
OK, so I just upgraded my PowerBook's HDD to 120GB from 80GB. I've migrated all of my data and settings and still have a whopping 50GB of space left on this drive. Needless to say, it's nice to have a little bit of breathing room. :)

PowerBook specs:
- 1.5 GHz G4
- 1.5 GB RAM (2GB soon, maybe)
- 128 MB Radeon 9700 Mobility

I'm planning to (finally) install a few games on this thing:
- Quake 3
- WarCraft III
- Neverwinter Nights
- nethack (http://www.nethack.org/)
- Solitaire XL (http://www.lavacat.com/)

Am I missing something obvious or essential? What do you play on the road?

I'm not a big MMO fan, nor do I always have a 'net connection handy, so WoW is out of the question.


Obsidian6
Jul 5, 2006, 01:45 PM
I havent put any games on the PB yet. But i will most likely put in WCIII and Doom3
if i do any gaming its usually on the G5.
I still have the 80GB HD and ive got about 29 gigs left :)
( mostly because i have a 250GB lacie drive, a 40GB lacie drive, and 238GB free on my G5 :) )
Capt Underpants
Jul 5, 2006, 02:07 PM
My Powerbook sucks anus at playing games. I had MOH:AA, but I couldn't get more than 20 FPS on low settings... it was horrible.

That's when I gave up gaming and went back to the PC world for a bit.
Capt Underpants
Jul 5, 2006, 02:07 PM
sorry... double post :(
greatdevourer
Jul 5, 2006, 02:08 PM
UT04 - Great game, loads of mods, runs great on my PB with high (not highest) settings :D
ijimk
Jul 5, 2006, 02:53 PM
I have WoW , Diablo 2(with exp), Starcraft, UT 2004, KOTR, NWN, and a few puzzle games on my G5. I plan on mainly installing the Blizzard collection on my laptop when i buy one.:D
m-dogg
Jul 5, 2006, 02:58 PM
Did you do it yourself? What did it cost?

I have about 5GB free out of 80 on my PowerBook and wouldn't mind the breathing room of a larger drive either.
raggedjimmi
Jul 5, 2006, 03:24 PM
I have Quake and some new Doom upgrade, zDoom? it's top. oh and Duke Nukem. That's all I need :)
Leareth
Jul 5, 2006, 03:33 PM
KOTOR , NWN, Jedi Academy, Rainbow Six 3 , Baldurs Gate II, Icewind Dale, Bloodrayne and Heroes IV.

Had Quake 4, Doom 3 and Call of Duty 2 on it in the last month but I dont like those games.
Eevee
Jul 5, 2006, 03:37 PM
Halo on my PB and PM
ChrisBrightwell
Jul 5, 2006, 07:13 PM
Did you do it yourself? What did it cost?No, I didn't. I took it to a local reseller (Apple-authorized for service) and had them do the job for me. Cost right at $300 USD, incl. labor and tax.

I was really impressed ... I dropped off the laptop, shopped around a bit, and walked out with an upgraded laptop 30 minutes later. :) Anyone in or near Huntsville, AL should definitely check out Mac Resource.