Longtime console gamer now giving in to PC jealousy ...

All the cool MMO's slated for my 360 seem to get ditched and end up PC exclusive.

My question, and I appreciate any input and advice from you guys, is this : Could I buy a Mid to High end laptop, park it on my entertainment center, jack it into my HDMI TV, hook up a wireless controller and jump into some Huxley, Age of Conan, or Crysis ??

Any special hardware I need for such an interface?

Thanks in advance for any helpfor these nooby questions.

Any flamers can just step back cuz I can smell douche from a mile away.

All the cool MMO's slated for my 360 seem to get ditched and end up PC exclusive.

My question, and I appreciate any input and advice from you guys, is this : Could I buy a Mid to High end laptop, park it on my entertainment center, jack it into my HDMI TV, hook up a wireless controller and jump into some Huxley, Age of Conan, or Crysis ??

Any special hardware I need for such an interface?

Thanks in advance for any helpfor these nooby questions.

Any flamers can just step back cuz I can smell douche from a mile away.

You need a laptop with an HDMI port, and a wireless Xbox360 controller with a wireless adapter. Yes it can be done. As many are about to recommend, you will get more gaming mileage from a desktop dollar for dollar.Marfoo

Yeah, if you're looking for something to leave in your entertainment center, I'd personally look into building a proper HTPC. It's not particularly hard if you do the research.

If you want to go the laptop route, that'll work fine for what you described if it has HDMI-out. Only problem I see: while controllers will work fine for many PC games (the 360 controller doesn't even require any configuration for many recent titles), it's a really bad idea to use one with a MMO. The control schemes are usually very complex and not at all fit for a controller; you'd be better off getting a wireless keyboard/mouse setup for that genre.

Good luck in your PC gaming endeavors!

Thanks a bunch for some points in the right direction. I do want to go with a laptop because I've always owned them.

As far as controllers, I'm sure I'll be able to rig up a wireless 360 controller and then add a mini keypad for hotkeys and such.

Now I'll have to research spec requirments and graphics cards, but it's good to know it can be done.

I want to be playing Huxley on my couch, feet up & beer in hand.

Any more advice greatly appreciated..

HTPC with wireless keyboard or mouse bump. You can throw in blu-ray as well in the mix, there is no such laptop that is cheap by the way.

Thanks a bunch for some points in the right direction. I do want to go with a laptop because I've always owned them.

As far as controllers, I'm sure I'll be able to rig up a wireless 360 controller and then add a mini keypad for hotkeys and such.

Now I'll have to research spec requirments and graphics cards, but it's good to know it can be done.

I want to be playing Huxley on my couch, feet up & beer in hand.

Any more advice greatly appreciated..

IronWolfGrunt

its not that hes not listening to advice. Its that his getting answers to questions he never asked. I see that a lot on PC forums. Everyone knows something better than someone or something else. For Example:

I posted about a gaming laptop the other day. I was comparing 2 gaming laptops of the same price range I can afford. My answers I got

"Those laptops are crap IMO el oh el. Get this laptop insted because I said so. "

didn't really help on the comparison of the 2 laptops I was looking at. Just brushed it away for a more expensive laptop.

Or my favorite

"gaming laptops are garbage, get a PC because everyone on this forum has one and posts their PC hardware specs in a massive dick measuring contest. Anyways why even post about useless stuff. Get a PC or don't. Get what I say or I will hurt you"

Thanks?

Anyways Hes looking for a decent laptop with HDMI out. He wants to know if anyone knows any and how it would work out with a controller and such. Some suggest he gets a PC thats fair. However its clear he would rather go the laptop route. Some of you seem that as damnation or that he has tossed your pithy suggestions behind because they were not good enough.

Leave the guy alone. Hes looking for a decent gaming laptop. Check this http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668231.php it has HDMI out and can handle the games you are looking to play. Now you can probably get that package a little cheaper but I found that just farting around in google.

Dude it sounds like your mainly going to use your labtop for gaming. Play it smart and get a gaming desktop, it's cheaper and way more powerful for the same price as a high end labtop. A desktop can also be hooked up to your tv. If you plan on buying a desktop check out cyberpower. If you want me to recommend you one give me a price point.

Rule number #1 about PC gaming is don't buy a labtop unless your loaded with a lot of $$$$, and if don't mind leaving your labtop on the charge the whole time you use it.

all i gotta say is google switchblade gaming and your control scheme for mmo's are solved man. as for desktop vs laptop its portability vs firepower.

its not that hes not listening to advice. Its that his getting answers to questions he never asked. I see that a lot on PC forums. Everyone knows something better than someone or something else. For Example:

I posted about a gaming laptop the other day. I was comparing 2 gaming laptops of the same price range I can afford. My answers I got

"Those laptops are crap IMO el oh el. Get this laptop insted because I said so. "

didn't really help on the comparison of the 2 laptops I was looking at. Just brushed it away for a more expensive laptop.

Or my favorite

"gaming laptops are garbage, get a PC because everyone on this forum has one and posts their PC hardware specs in a massive dick measuring contest. Anyways why even post about useless stuff. Get a PC or don't. Get what I say or I will hurt you"

Thanks?

Anyways Hes looking for a decent laptop with HDMI out. He wants to know if anyone knows any and how it would work out with a controller and such. Some suggest he gets a PC thats fair. However its clear he would rather go the laptop route. Some of you seem that as damnation or that he has tossed your pithy suggestions behind because they were not good enough.

Leave the guy alone. Hes looking for a decent gaming laptop. Check this http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668231.php it has HDMI out and can handle the games you are looking to play. Now you can probably get that package a little cheaper but I found that just farting around in google.

Emosupside

If there is any way possible,go to desktop.You can get a nice gaming PC for 500-600$,if you build it yourself.Lapotps really are a bad idea for PC gaming because of upgrade capabilities and much more expensive.

its not that hes not listening to advice. Its that his getting answers to questions he never asked. I see that a lot on PC forums. Everyone knows something better than someone or something else. For Example:

I posted about a gaming laptop the other day. I was comparing 2 gaming laptops of the same price range I can afford. My answers I got

"Those laptops are crap IMO el oh el. Get this laptop insted because I said so. "

didn't really help on the comparison of the 2 laptops I was looking at. Just brushed it away for a more expensive laptop.

Or my favorite

"gaming laptops are garbage, get a PC because everyone on this forum has one and posts their PC hardware specs in a massive dick measuring contest. Anyways why even post about useless stuff. Get a PC or don't. Get what I say or I will hurt you"

Thanks?

Anyways Hes looking for a decent laptop with HDMI out. He wants to know if anyone knows any and how it would work out with a controller and such. Some suggest he gets a PC thats fair. However its clear he would rather go the laptop route. Some of you seem that as damnation or that he has tossed your pithy suggestions behind because they were not good enough.

Leave the guy alone. Hes looking for a decent gaming laptop. Check this http://www.gateway.com/systems/product/529668231.php it has HDMI out and can handle the games you are looking to play. Now you can probably get that package a little cheaper but I found that just farting around in google.

if you plan on playing mmo's you gotta use a keyboard and mouse, the controls in mmo's are more suited to that setup by which I mean I've played ff11 and lotro and it just works better with kb/mouse for communication and gameplay, game pads are more for games like GTA/action/adventure/single player rpg's, hope ya know what i mean.

I'd go for that Asus lappy that was suggested decent mobile core 2 duo and a 9800m will be sufficient for most mmo's, crysis well that may depend on the resolution.

This MSI lappy looks good, $1000 though :(http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834152095has hdmi port/1gb video ram on dedicated 9800 card, 2.2ghz p8400 c2d, 320gb hdd, 4gb ram.

ahem excuse me..??

http://www.switchbladegaming.com/whatis.cfm