a laptop capable of running dbpro could be a problem, iv'e been doing research on them. i asked rich if dbpro was laptop friendly, but then he reminded me that *most* laptop in-built graphics cards only support 24 bit colour.
unfortunately, nearly every program you'll find made in dbpro automatically assumes your have 32 bit graphics.
this means the most of the time when you try and play other dbp'ers games, they'll crash before they start. it also means you couldn't really create your games to use the 'near enough standard' 32bit graphics of todays games. you could make all your games in 16bit colour ofcourse, but what would be the point?
oh, and to be honest iv;e just thought you could create a little something that finds out graphics card colour capability and settles for that standard. but still, after all that, your going have to spend alot for full decent directx support, and a fast gpu.
i too have dreams of sitting in the garden on a hot day, with a lager in one hand, and a dbp-ready laptop sat on my knee. i still havent made my mind up yet.
two places to check out (one mentioned above somewhere):
http://www.technoworld.com
http://www.dabs.com
http://www.thecomputerworld.co.uk/ (an interesting merge of tiny and time, and in personal opinion tiny computers are very high quality)
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