sims 2/laptop?

Question

Hi, can anyone help me as to whether i can play the sims 2 on my laptop? i dont want to buy it if it wont work.... heres the laptops specs:
Intel Celeron-M 370 Processor 1.5GHz
256MB DDR2 SDRAM
40GB fast Hard Drive
DVD Dual Layer Drive - Writes and reads both CDs and DVDs
14.1" XGA Bright Widescreen TFT
Intel GMA 900 Fast Graphics
3xUSB 2.0, Integrated LAN and 56k v.90 data fax modem

heres the sims specs:

If you have a T&L capable video card with at least 32 MB of video RAM then you need at least:

800 MHz processor or better

256 MB RAM if Windows XP, Windows ME, Windows 98 or Windows 2000

At least 3.5 GB of hard drive space

If you have a non-T&L capable video card (an Intel Extreme Graphics or a Radeon 7000/VE Series) then you need at least:

2.0 GHz processor or better

256 MB RAM if Windows XP, Windows ME, Windows 98, or Windows 2000

At least 3.5 GB of hard drive space

Answer 1

Those specs are rather minimal.
Test your machine here:
In the black box, pick The Sims 2 - or the version in question
http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

If you see several red marks, you may be very unhappy using this machine. It's gonna run slow, and if you get several expansion packs, your game play will get very frustrating. Laptops also run quite hot, so your game may lock up from the heat and crash.

What you can do... If you keep the sim houses simple, not too much garden, not too big a lot, not too much furniture and not too many sims on the lot. If you also keep the vid resolution for the game very low (cartoon like and flat looking) you may be able to play the game just fine.

As you play the game, changing from different parts of your neighborhood may take a minute or more from scene to scene. On one machine I tried, it took an hour to get into the taxi and leave one of the commercial lots. The machine can get hot enough to mark some natural (wood) surfaces, so you may need a laptop cooler. (google laptop cooler)

You can do it, you can have fun, but you will be paying the price of using an office machine to run a something that a gaming machine is built for. I have several machines and office laptops just do not compare unless you can afford an Alienware or gaming machine.

Office laptops can play other video games ok but sims 2 is a new generation of game and very demanding on a system. For your budget, you'll get a lot more bang for the buck if you get a desktop and it will run cooler because the CPU and the vid card, and the case will have room for many fans. But if that's the best you can do, it will still be lots of fun if you strip things down to a minimum :)

Answer 2

It should work on your laptop although you may find it runs a little slow or freezes every so often as your spec is at the lower end of the acceptable scale.

Answer 3

i've got been given my pc final week and put in each and every of the Sim's 2 video games , in some unspecified time interior the destiny it went incorrect so as quickly as I released Bon Voyage it worked yet city view flashes pink/pink instead of green grass and it realy hurts your eyes. many times it does artwork however, looking on wether its winows vista or xp.

Answer 4

I would say given the specs of your laptop it should work well enough - I play it on my laptop with similar specs.

Answer 5

I play it on my laptop, so yes; you can! Have fun! ;)