Personally, I wouldn't play Minecraft on a laptop unless it's a very good laptop. It would get too laggy. I would reccomend a desktop computer if you don't plan on playing Minecraft in the coffee shop
There are so many different laptops out there that it would be best to have have some one with a laptop near the specs you are getting and test to see if it is going to be able to play Minecraft. No one here on the forums can tell you if a certain computer will play Minecraft.
I have a pretty cheap laptop (Toshiba Satellite, 64 bit, 3GB RAM), and I can play Minecraft just fine. I used to have lag issues until I installed Optifine, and that fixed things right up. I still have some lag issues in taiga and jungle biomes, but nothing that makes the game unplayable. I do have to play with the distance set to short, however.
The touchpad was kind of annoying at first, but I got used to it pretty quickly. If you don't like the touchpad, though, you can always just plug in a mouse.
EDIT: I should also mention that I only play singleplayer, and I don't use a lot of redstone. Large redstone contraptions tend to make it pretty laggy.
I use a laptop, and I used to play on PvP servers, so the pad clicking was difficult, until I changed the 'Attack' button. That seemed to fix it. And also, lag problems don't happen on my laptop very much. It's usually the server I play on. When I run SSP, it works just fine. So no, unless you get a really crappy laptop.
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I play Minecraft on a laptop all the time with minimal lag in most situations, and I use a USB mouse so I'm not stuck with the track pad. However, I'm usually restricted to short render distance, but I'm alright with that. Normal render distance doesn't particularly lag me, but it spontaneously crashes for no apparent reason after a few minutes, so I don't typically play on it. My laptop is also stuck with an integrated Intel graphics card, so there are certain issues that come with that too.
At any rate, it all depends on the laptop you buy.
It really depends on your needs, I got a laptop for my gaming needs but I also needed a very powerful laptop for my school needs. I got my laptop for around 980$ and i find i can play minecraft with around 200 FPS smoothly with no problem, that being said. You could get a PC just as powerful as my laptop for nearly 200-300$ less. But if you are looking for a strong utility laptop that does not cost extra money because of flashly apperences I would recomend checking out the company ASUS, they have very powerful systems that are also relatively cheap because they don't shoot up the price to 1,400$ just because it "Looks Cool"
It's not that difficult to use a laptop for MC. I've used one with a graphics tablet mouse (Wacom Bamboo Pen vers.) with no issues. It's the RAM/processor which might cause issue. My Toshiba Satellite died recently due to overheating - so get yourself a good fan and take breaks to preserve the life of your laptop...
So i use a desktop and it was never that hard but until i notice, laptop player are mostly having a hard time even in multiplayer so i decide to connect a wired mouse on your laptop that would be good but there are some controls that are not seen in some laptops so to be sure that desktop computers are much better to play on you should have a very good graphics card (e.g nvdia geforce, nvidia gtx, nvdia rtx) these make you pc less laggy and most importantly to better frames so the final results for better gaming is 1. Desktop
2. Laptop
3. Xbox
4. Mobile
I know some are not included but they may be good for pvp
It really depends on the specs. If you got a dual core CPU that is hyperthreaded and has a high clock speed then the answer is probably no. But don't expect miracles, this is the minimum recommendation for Minecraft and this means vanilla Minecraft without any mods, and I'd say client without server, or server and no client but not both on the same machine.
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I’ve Been running Minecraft for a long time now on a nine year old dell Inspiron. For the past year or so regularly on an online server via a WiFi connection. It’s works just fine, not ideally, but satisfactorily. I do use optifine, a wireless mouse and have my render distance dialed down a little but as mentioned above it’s all about your setting. I’ve allocated 2G of RAM to the game and it’s usually the only program I have running when I play. It’s got a Nvidia GeForce GT 525M for a graphics card which dispite it’s age can run a 32x32 texture pack and use shaders for low fps play or screenshots. You can’t be scared. Just install the game and make it work. Honestly my biggest problem is finding a comfortable position to play in for extended periods of time.
I’ve Been running Minecraft for a long time now on a nine year old dell Inspiron. For the past year or so regularly on an online server via a WiFi connection. It’s works just fine, not ideally, but satisfactorily. I do use optifine, a wireless mouse and have my render distance dialed down a little but as mentioned above it’s all about your setting. I’ve allocated 2G of RAM to the game and it’s usually the only program I have running when I play. It’s got a Nvidia GeForce GT 525M for a graphics card which dispite it’s age can run a 32x32 texture pack and use shaders for low fps play or screenshots. You can’t be scared. Just install the game and make it work. Honestly my biggest problem is finding a comfortable position to play in for extended periods of time.
As was mentioned before, it really depends on how fast the hardware is. Quad cores are recommended but this is for the ideal experience in the game, other people can get by just fine with hyperthreaded dual core i3's/i5's with high clock speeds in the range of over 3ghz, and with a render distance capped at 12 chunks it should work. I've got a laptop with specs like this and it doesn't struggle to run the game, the only downside with that is it'll drain the battery like a bucket full of water that had large holes at the bottom.
I think no matter how many big numbers your pc has, it tends to really struggle with minecraft unless you get optifine, and then it works at like 60fps with no lag
Because lap[tops are not built for gaming.
Also if you dont use a mouse and try to use a retarded pad. Which note once more is not built for gaming.
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The touchpad was kind of annoying at first, but I got used to it pretty quickly. If you don't like the touchpad, though, you can always just plug in a mouse.
EDIT: I should also mention that I only play singleplayer, and I don't use a lot of redstone. Large redstone contraptions tend to make it pretty laggy.
"REDSTONE RAAAAAIN."
At any rate, it all depends on the laptop you buy.
So i use a desktop and it was never that hard but until i notice, laptop player are mostly having a hard time even in multiplayer so i decide to connect a wired mouse on your laptop that would be good but there are some controls that are not seen in some laptops so to be sure that desktop computers are much better to play on you should have a very good graphics card (e.g nvdia geforce, nvidia gtx, nvdia rtx) these make you pc less laggy and most importantly to better frames so the final results for better gaming is 1. Desktop
2. Laptop
3. Xbox
4. Mobile
I know some are not included but they may be good for pvp
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I have no issues when playing on my laptop.
The only issues I have is when I use mods, mostly with shaders.
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It really depends on the specs. If you got a dual core CPU that is hyperthreaded and has a high clock speed then the answer is probably no. But don't expect miracles, this is the minimum recommendation for Minecraft and this means vanilla Minecraft without any mods, and I'd say client without server, or server and no client but not both on the same machine.
I’ve Been running Minecraft for a long time now on a nine year old dell Inspiron. For the past year or so regularly on an online server via a WiFi connection. It’s works just fine, not ideally, but satisfactorily. I do use optifine, a wireless mouse and have my render distance dialed down a little but as mentioned above it’s all about your setting. I’ve allocated 2G of RAM to the game and it’s usually the only program I have running when I play. It’s got a Nvidia GeForce GT 525M for a graphics card which dispite it’s age can run a 32x32 texture pack and use shaders for low fps play or screenshots. You can’t be scared. Just install the game and make it work. Honestly my biggest problem is finding a comfortable position to play in for extended periods of time.
As was mentioned before, it really depends on how fast the hardware is. Quad cores are recommended but this is for the ideal experience in the game, other people can get by just fine with hyperthreaded dual core i3's/i5's with high clock speeds in the range of over 3ghz, and with a render distance capped at 12 chunks it should work. I've got a laptop with specs like this and it doesn't struggle to run the game, the only downside with that is it'll drain the battery like a bucket full of water that had large holes at the bottom.
I think no matter how many big numbers your pc has, it tends to really struggle with minecraft unless you get optifine, and then it works at like 60fps with no lag
it is kinda hard just mainly because the trackpad
I'm used to using a trackpad due to using a laptop for years now
but a computer is probably better
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