I have a set of hand written pages of the next 20-30 features to implement/changes to make to pocketcity in order to make it 1. better and 2. more easy to port. One of the things I’m planning on doing is moving the water pipes underground. This will change things quite a bit.
I’m considering getting a new laptop (again) and I’ve reached the point where the hardware that’s available is reaching what I want. It needs dual-core processor; I’m not getting another uni-processor machine again. Acer have dual core centrino models, with a decent graphics card. The only problems are the DVD drive and the video card. It’s a DVD-RAM drive. It won’t region free! it’s the same problem as the Ferraris. I don’t want to re-code all the non region-2 discs I have. That would be a pain in the ass. The video card isn’t supported in Linux either, which is another annoyance. I hope that ATI release a driver for the X1000 family soon.
Alternatives are Alienware and their Aurora m7700, which has an athlon processor. Has a more supported graphics card, but it’s about twice as expensive as the Acer. Then there’s the Widow PC laptop. Still the price tag problem.
Until I get a new laptop, I’ll have to be happy with the one I have. It’s an early generation centrino, so I’ve only got a/b wireless, and an integrated GPU. It works well for what I’m doing (programming, watching movies, occasional game).
Shame that Dell haven’t caught up on dual core for the gaming laptop.
If it wasn't for carbon-14, I wouldn't date at all