cheap laptop, how bad would it be?

[terzaghi]

I have to leave town tonight!  the day the expansion is released and I am not happy about it.  I am considering buying a cheap laptop to play while I am away (likely from Fry's, Best Buy, or Microcenter).  How bad do you think it will be to play with a not so great system spec?  Even with graphics turned all the way down, will it be reasonably playable?  I'm not expecting miracles.Here's an example - not necessarily my choice, but it's about the most inexpensive one on the Best Buy site.<a href="http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8540206&type=product&id=1188559783522" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage...d=1188559783522</a>

[Thunderthyze]

Maybe up the RAM to 2gig and ditch the Vista. You always will pay the money and take your chances when it comes to laptop graphics cards. There doesn't seem any rhyme nor reason when it comes to deciding what will work and what won't.

[Yarginis]

"Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator" This is all you really need to read to decide that this is a bad idea. Integrated graphics, no matter how low you turn your settings, are going to SUCK. Will it technically run? probably. But most likely even at 640-480 or 800-600 is will still only be barley playable in uncrowded zones. The horribleness of integrated graphics (especially the Intel GMA's) cannot be understated.