Is this a good computer for High School? Could it also be used for Netfllix and Minecraft???
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If by "real laptop" you mean to ask if it has the capabilities to game or to use MS Office, etc - the answer is NO. It would be a good toy or perhaps a learning machine for a grade schooler.The first one I received would not work at all, returned it and the second one they sent me in exchange worked OK. However when I found it useless for anything except email, I gave it to charity.
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Yes! You just have to download the .jar version. Remember this is an old computer. It is from January 2005. Even though it work great for graphics because it has a ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 with 128mb of VRAM. That is better then a new PC with an Intel Graphics Card. Furthermore it does have trouble with HD Video. If you want to watch YouTube videos I recommend putting Leopard on it and watching the videos in 480p. There is a great app called YouView. To find it just type in to google "YouView PPC". Any app you want to run on this Mac just type in to google "the app name" and "ppc". PPC is the kind of processor that this computer has. Most people do not make software for ppc anymore. But, many still do. Have fun with it. This computer is great for minecraft.
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I think something like minecraft it would be great for. It may not be good for complex gaming such as halo
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yes...and 8th grader should be mature enough to work on this computer...my guys are 9 and 11 and they both work it very well...
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Yes Minecraft works absolutely perfectly on this, i can also run it on my older hp laptop version of this with only a dual core and 4 gb ram, this thing runs it on max specs pretty well.
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The graphics are the onboard Intel HD Graphics 3000 which has 1.67GB of dedicated memory. Running Minecraft is rough with that, and because it's integrated into the mobo, it isn't upgradeable. I still highly recommend this machine as a former engineering major during college. Great machine with the i7 and 8GB of RAM, but weak graphics.
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I've never played minecraft on it. It is a good general purpose computer. It's fairly rugged. I've played battlezone 3 on it and starcraft. I'm guessing that if you are playing games that are older than 8 years you should be safe.
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Ignore the previous two comments. Minecraft is not a high requirement game. It runs fine on a 2007 imac, this will handle it just fine.Recommended Requirements:CPU: Intel Core i3 or AMD Athlon II (K10) 2.8 GHzRAM: 4GBGPU: GeForce 2xx Series or AMD Radeon HD 5xxx Series (Excluding Integrated Chipsets) with OpenGL 3.3HDD: 1GBLatest release of Java 7 from java.com
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Minecraft will run just fine. It does not require super powerful computer though
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YES! My students love this computer there are hundreds of free programs using Linix! Perfect for students!
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No. What you are looking for may be a bit more expensive. The teen would probably be unhappy with the Intel HD graphics, as they only provide limited functionality for that type of use. I would instead go for a computer that is a BYOS (build your own system). This way, costs are kept down and performance is higher.
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Yes, as long as they don't try to run other programs. It's not a gaming PC so it may lag sometime . I use mine for college and it works fine.
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While this is a lovely laptop for old video games, it is not suitable for student use because the Intel Core Duo Processors (notice the lack of a "2" after "Core") are only 32-bit. All modern consumer computers have 64-bit processors. The minimum for student use would be two 64-bit processors. Anything with only one processor would be painfully slow on the Internet. Anything with 32-bit processors might be unable to run a piece of software that a student might need because that software is 64-bit only. A Thinkpad T400 might be adequate. Make sure you get 64-bit Windows 7.
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Yes, it's a great little computer - it does fill up quickly though - so we use it for the kids.If you have trouble with the internet, try getting a newer router, that worked for us.
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The Dell OptiPlex might be able to play minecraft, though my Dell was beautiful and performed flawlessly for only 4 months, then died. I am not sure if the graphics card would support minecraft since I've never played it.
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Hi! If you want your 8th grader to have this I don't think it's a bad choice at all. It's a pretty decent laptop computer and just about anybody at that age would be very lucky to have one. Have a nice day, Emily! :)