New laptop to buy for RF Trainer edition?

[gmauldin]

Newt here.
Getting back into hobby after 25 yrs out of hobby.
Looking for a sub 500.00 laptop to run RF
Any suggestions ? Been looking at HP 840 and 1040 series.

 

[Bill Stuntz]

RF doesn't require a supercomputer. I can run RF8 on a 1st gen i5 dell laptop with onboard video at reduced graphics quality. My lenovo 4th gen i7 runs it quite well at "high" but can't quite hack "highest." But I'd recommend staying away from AMD video. Their current drivers don't support DX9. I don't know what those HP's use. I've used HP laptops, but not for RF. They're usually pretty good.