Advice on new laptop for Diablo LoD

[Mislan]

Hi everyone,

Sadly my trusty Apple Powerbook, which has served me well for many years has given up the ghost.

I welcome any advice on selecting a new Windows-based laptop that I can use to play Diablo LoD.

Can anyone advise on what I should be looking for in terms of memory, graphics, etc., as well as any issues encountered with Windows 8?

Thanks,
Mislan

[c64flash]

LoD is 12 years old. Any new laptop will do. It runs under windows 7, not so sure about 8. I will et my new laptop with windows 8 this week and will test if it works.

[Mislan]

Thanks, for the info -- please let me know how things work out with Windows 8.

--Mislan

[Fizoo]

I bought my new laptop with win 7 several months ago, just before win 8. Runs fine on 7, very speeding menu switching actually when configured correctly. Win 8 scares me.

[Archone]

Win 8 scares me.

Me too.....

[Mislan]

Sounds like Windows 7 is the OS to go for .. thanks for the responses.

Mislan

[OnTopOfItself]

I play LOD with windows 8 installed with absolutely no problems at all. I have it run in windowed mode using the -w method and as long as it's run in adminstrative mode it runs flawlessly.

[Fizoo]

For D2 under Windows 7, I went into the shortcut / properties / shortcut. I added -w at the end of the target string. I then went to properties / compatibility and checked the box for "Run the program in compatibility mode for" and set it to Windows XP service pack 3. Then I checked the boxes for run in 256 colors and disable desktop composition.

The result is when I start up D2, the screen blinks twice as it reconfigures the video. Then D2 starts up and it is blazing fast. I speed thru the menu selections.

[Archone]

Thats what I do, and it works flawlessly.

[Mislan]

Thanks for the input, everyone.

I'll go ahead with purchasing the new laptop!

Mislan