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I have spent the majority of my day trying to get the game installed on our old Toshiba Laptop. I have updated drivers for Java and my ATI Radeon x1200 with no success. This is about the limit of my computer knowledge on my own. Have also uninstalled and reinstalled the installer and the actual program. Is it impossible to play on older computers? We aren't in the position to buy a new one right now, and the pocket model is not good enough for my smarty pants 10 yr old who wants the full version. Please see error below. Thank you in advance for any help. Super frustrated.

---- Minecraft Crash Report ----
// Oh - I know what I did wrong!

Time: 11/21/15 1:22 PM
Description: Initializing game

java.lang.NullPointerException: Initializing game
at ave.a(SourceFile:675)
at ave.ar(SourceFile:560)
at ave.am(SourceFile:361)
at ave.a(SourceFile:310)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:124)


A detailed walkthrough of the error, its code path and all known details is as follows:
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-- Head --
Stacktrace:
at ave.a(SourceFile:675)
at ave.ar(SourceFile:560)
at ave.am(SourceFile:361)

-- Initialization --
Details:
Stacktrace:
at ave.a(SourceFile:310)
at net.minecraft.client.main.Main.main(SourceFile:124)

-- System Details --
Details:
Minecraft Version: 1.8.8
Operating System: Windows Vista (x86) version 6.0
Java Version: 1.8.0_25, Oracle Corporation
Java VM Version: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (mixed mode), Oracle Corporation
Memory: 103440288 bytes (98 MB) / 160047104 bytes (152 MB) up to 523501568 bytes (499 MB)
JVM Flags: 6 total; -XX:HeapDumpPath=MojangTricksIntelDriversForPerformance_javaw.exe_minecraft.exe.heapdump -Xmx512M -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSIncrementalMode -XX:-UseAdaptiveSizePolicy -Xmn128M
IntCache: cache: 0, tcache: 0, allocated: 0, tallocated: 0
Launched Version: 1.8.8
LWJGL: 2.9.4
OpenGL: ~~ERROR~~ RuntimeException: No OpenGL context found in the current thread.
GL Caps:
Using VBOs: No
Is Modded: Probably not. Jar signature remains and client brand is untouched.
Type: Client (map_client.txt)
Resource Packs:
Current Language: ~~ERROR~~ NullPointerException: null
Profiler Position: N/A (disabled)
CPU: <unknown>

Does anyone recognize this error coding? I hate that I paid for the game, and can not access it.