You might get a better response on a
computer forum, although you'll want to provide more details when you author your message there. Specificially, you'll want to be able to list at least the following info:
- Price range
- Any of the following items that you care about:
-> minimum screen size and/or screen resolution
-> the main applications that you plan to use the laptop for
-> any special considerations for the keyboard that you care about, such as wanting a separate number pad or anything like that
-> whether or not you care about getting a 32-bit or a 64-bit Operating System
-> minimum battery life
If there are items that you DON'T care about, then saying that you don't care about them can help, too.
Also, the more info that you provide, the better, so if you can think of things that I did not list but are improtant to you, be sure to provide that info, too.
Finally, be sure to come back to this thread once you have made your purchase and have tried it out for a bit. Then you can give us a report on your experience with it, so that others with a similar question in the future can get at least some sort of benchmark model to compare against.
As for Huge Maps, my recommendation is to delay trading for the AIs' World Maps for as long as possible. The more of the map that has been revealed, particularly on larger maps, the laggier your game can be. It can also be a lot more fun to play larger maps by NOT knowing "what's out there" until you come across it, meaning that you can have several "stages" of conflict in the game... first against close neighbours, then against those slightly further away, then finally having conflict (or peaceful relationships) with the AIs that started on the other end of the map.
Getting "more of the game over" before you have to bog-down your computer with a complete World Map can make for a much smoother playing experience than if you try and get the entire world's maps as soon as you learn the Paper technology.
