Originally Posted by SirDave

I play all my AGs on laptops. Just remember that if you buy a laptop in the 1gHz CPU range, there are some games that you won't be able to play eg. Sentinel etc. The minimum CPU power to be able to play pretty much any AG is 1.7gHz.

Also, many games are assuming that the video can handle things like T&L (transform & lighting) capability so stay away from graphic chips such as Intel Extreme Graphics (which is still on some popular Dell Inspirons and some other models).