Laptop Spec

[Smedbox]

I think the Intel mobile HD 3000 will barely be able to run Rift with a single client. I don't think there's any chance it'll be able to run two. There are not many GPUs in existence that are worse than that GPU. However, I have access to a laptop with it and I can test it sometime during the week.

For video on the plane, I would highly recommend getting a tablet instead for that.

[Sajuuk]

I think the Intel mobile HD 3000 will barely be able to run Rift with a single client. I don't think there's any chance it'll be able to run two. There are not many GPUs in existence that are worse than that GPU. However, I have access to a laptop with it and I can test it sometime during the week.

For video on the plane, I would highly recommend getting a tablet instead for that.

Strong words, would you like to cite a source for that? Until a source is cited I'm going to consider your post as rubbish and ignore it.

I was going to and did post something here, but I forgot I was ignoring your post, so I edited my post.

Pineapple? Pineapple.

Laptop graphics is all about trade offs. High power, low battery life/high heat. High battery life, low power, lower heat. The Intel HD 3000 on board graphics work well for general tasks and videos, even light games. I haven't done much heavy gaming at all, but performance is dependent on what settings you want to run. You can change power settings, throttle the GPU[and CPU] speed/power for better battery life, or you can get a bigger battery.

[Smedbox]

Laptop graphics is all about trade offs. High power, low battery life/high heat. High battery life, low power, lower heat. The Intel HD 3000 on board graphics work well for general tasks and videos, even light games. I haven't done much heavy gaming at all, but performance is dependent on what settings you want to run. You can change power settings, throttle the GPU[and CPU] speed/power for better battery life, or you can get a bigger battery.

If you read my post, you'll notice that I'm talking about multiboxing Rift. Not about browsing the Internet or reading email. Intel integrated graphics is pretty much the worst GPU you could possibly choose for gaming. The HD 3000 is much better than older Intel GPUs, but it just brings the experience from "completely unusable" to "barely usable".

Regarding MP4 video conversion: For maximum battery life, you'd want to convert your videos to H.264 because there is specific hardware to decode and play that. The device (tablet/phone/laptop/etc) can shut down pretty much everything (CPU, GPU, etc) and just have the little video hardware enabled (which consumes very little power). When you play other formats, the video is decoded and played back using the full power of the CPU, which draws a lot more power. But it's true that it's much more cumbersome... :/

[Sajuuk]

If you read my post, you'll notice that I'm talking about multiboxing Rift. Not about browsing the Internet or reading email. Intel integrated graphics is pretty much the worst GPU you could possibly choose for gaming. The HD 3000 is much better than older Intel GPUs, but it just brings the experience from "completely unusable" to "barely usable".

Regarding MP4 video conversion: For maximum battery life, you'd want to convert your videos to H.264 because there is specific hardware to decode and play that. The device (tablet/phone/laptop/etc) can shut down pretty much everything (CPU, GPU, etc) and just have the little video hardware enabled (which consumes very little power). When you play other formats, the video is decoded and played back using the full power of the CPU, which draws a lot more power. But it's true that it's much more cumbersome... :/

If you read my post, you'll notice I ignored your post.

If someone is multiboxing they will want smooth performance. Smooth performance comes at a cost: money! Space! Heat! Low Battery Life! You'll also noticed I mentioned throttling CPU/GPU to improve battery life.

I really want the battery life for movie watching on the plane and will have it plugged in for gaming.

Now here's an idea. I've been looking into wearable displays for the upcoming release of Raspberry Pi, because I want to build a wearable computer. I was thinking of picking up a head/glasses mounted display from here (refurb item for lower cost) http://www.vuzix.com/consumer/refurbished_goods.html

I don't know how good it would work, but since it's running at such a low resolution (Two displays at

640 x 480), you could eke out some extra performance and have it look "okay". maybe. I dunno.