Playing games on laptop good or bad for laptop?

Answer 1

NO. HP computers suck. They are not reliable and lag less than 5 months of use.

It depends what kind of games...if you are talking about a small filed game such as Simcity 4 deluxe then yes it will work perfectly...large filed games such as spore or Runescape will lag unbelievably; you will not be able to play larger filed online games or download games...it's best if you bought a laptop designed for gaming, Alienware seems to be the only one that I can think of which supports gaming files on a laptop.

Conclusion: Any laptop less than 6GB memory, 2.6GHz and 500GB hard drive will not be reliable

My recommendation is to buy an "all-in-one" computer, they can most certainly handle large game files, if nothing else big in file is downloaded, they are much cheaper than the traditional desktop computers and deliver just the same amount of computing power.

This would probably be perfect for medium to large sized game files with little to no lag

$850 +$30 shipping or $100 shipping for early morning delivery (next day).

http://us.toshiba.com/computers/desktops/all-in-one/LX830

Answer 2

Playing games will not hurt a laptop any more than the normal wear and tear that most applications would. The only thing is the laptop may become hotter than normal because it is using more processing power than it would to run other applications such as Word. The only way I can see playing games on a laptop could be bad is if you get mad at a certain level and throw it across the room.

Answer 3

Games themselves don't ruin laptops, but over heating does. If you play them make sure your laptop has a good air flow and play them on a table or desk.