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minus-square@Carl@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish24•1 month ago you can buy a piece of crap laptop for $250 but it won’t be able to play ANYTHING a thinkpad t490 can’t play anything new but it can play quite a bit. I play emulators on mine.
minus-square@Aggravationstation@feddit.uklinkfedilink11•edit-21 month agoTrue, but most modern games are focused on online play and very few are cross platform. So if a kid’s friends are playing one particular console they’re going to want one too.
minus-square@admin@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink1•1 month agoA brand new T490 was over 900 bucks retail depending on the specs, and a used one is still less cost effective than, let’s say, a used PS3 or PS4…
a thinkpad t490 can’t play anything new but it can play quite a bit. I play emulators on mine.
True, but most modern games are focused on online play and very few are cross platform. So if a kid’s friends are playing one particular console they’re going to want one too.
A brand new T490 was over 900 bucks retail depending on the specs, and a used one is still less cost effective than, let’s say, a used PS3 or PS4…