W.O.W.P. world of warcraft portable.

megabacon · Post by **megabacon** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 1:28 pm

i was wondering how much it would cost to make a WoW dedicated portable thing. it would need wireless and a small hard drive (20gigs)

Rellizate · Post by **Rellizate** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 1:37 pm

What exactly do you mean by that? Are you going to use an existing system, if so which one?

megabacon · Post by **megabacon** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 1:39 pm

i mean a sort of pc thingy but way smaller than a laptop. or a slimlne ps2 with linux that somehow plays WoW

sammy · Post by **sammy** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 1:40 pm

I'm pretty sure WoW doesn't run on anything else but Windows xp...

megabacon · Post by **megabacon** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 1:46 pm

no it runs on some boot of linux. there was some commotion when blizzards bot checker banned all the linux accounts. but its fixed now.

EnterTheHatrix · Post by **EnterTheHatrix** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 2:34 pm

You could get a microATX, 5" touch screen panel and a 20gb 2.5" hdd, and a wireless card. hell, a lot of microATX now have wireless right in there.

vb_master · Post by **vb_master** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 2:47 pm

megabacon wrote:no it runs on some boot of linux. there was some commotion when blizzards bot checker banned all the linux accounts. but its fixed now.

There is all ways Cedega.

madc0w · Post by **madc0w** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 3:17 pm

vb_master wrote:
megabacon wrote:no it runs on some boot of linux. there was some commotion when blizzards bot checker banned all the linux accounts. but its fixed now.
There is all ways Cedega.

Thats what it was, they banned all cedega players by accident.
For the system, a MicroATX or just a laptop mobo would be best, then attach a screen and battery with a bunch of buttons.

atari2600a · Post by **atari2600a** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 4:34 pm

They already sell WoW portables. They're called laptops...

Post by **Triton** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 5:05 pm

oqo or some other sort of UMPC, be prepaired to shell out over a grand tho

Post by **bicostp** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 5:41 pm

Would the graphics systems in those ultralight PCs be able to handle such a complex game?

But yeah a laptop is your best bet. Get a really small one and build it into a handheld case. It's going to be very expensive.

teraflop122 · Post by **teraflop122** » Thu Nov 23, 2006 6:04 pm

The cost will really depend on the size, and what you want.

I tried making a PCportable, as has tom61. It's a lot more difficult then it would first seem. I tried three times, tom61 started months ago and seems to have run out of free time....

But....

A Mac Mini motherboard would give you almost exactly what you need in terms of power and size... yeah... The intel version have a GMA950, which is easily capable of running WoW, especially considering how well low resolutions look on smaller screens. Of course, good luck finding just a Mac Mini motherboard.

megabacon · Post by **megabacon** » Sat Nov 25, 2006 7:19 am

so with the mac mini and the screen and the case and the extra parts it would cost me about Â£650? if it does i may do this. it would be for my friend who would happily pay any amount of money if he could play wow on the go.

tom61 · Post by **tom61** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 7:13 pm

Take a look at: http://homepage.mac.com/peter_green/MMP_MkIII_Tablet/

The most expensive thing will be the mac mini itself, see if you can get a discount (i.e. you're a University student) or find one used for less than retail. The screens run from about US$89 for a VGA res Hong Kong special to the US$199 Lilliput that the MkIII above uses (a lot better quality). The battery array will probably be third, and probably the most difficult to choose. A case you could make fairly cheaply out of plexiglass.

One thing to think long and hard about is the input. A touch screen alone doesn't seem to me to be good enough for WarCraft, though I haven't played WoW.

Bay_Wolf · Post by **Bay_Wolf** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 7:24 pm

Use Mini-itx motherboard

Regards