Mobile Gaming

My laptop passed the "mobile gaming" test, and I was able to play WoW with it on a WiFi connection in a hotel room. But the experience wasn't all sunshine. First thing I noticed was that the laptop is quite heavy, once I had to carry it across town. In a small bag with just the things you need for one night, and some work documents, the Dell Inspiron 6000 is adding a lot to the weight. I think it weights about 4 kg with all the extras (second battery, charger, mouse).

The second bad surprise was that the hotel I was staying in did have WiFi access, but not *free* WiFi access. I had to pay 10 Euro ($13) for 2 hours of internet, which I consider to be too much. I paid up anyway, because I wanted to see if it works.

Finally I got everything working, and WoW running, but the hotel WiFi internet access is a lot slower than my home WiFi.

Still, I prefer having 2 hours of internet access in a lonely hotel room to just reading a book or watching TV. I just need to check out the hotel websites next time and see if anybody is offering free internet. I'm pretty sure the hotel in Ohio I was in March had that.
- posted by Tobold @ 12:00 AM Permanent Link