If you ever wondered with what beginner indie developers make their amazing games…
Processor: Intel Atom D2500 1.86 GHz
RAM: 2 GB
Graphics card: Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3600 Series
Processor: Intel Core i5-4460 3.2 GHz 4 cores
RAM: 8 GB
Graphics card: AMD R9 280X 2GB
I wait to open programs. If I drag folder to desktop, "Moving element (18MB)" pop-up appears, with damn loading bar. I wait close programs. It lags while scrolling in Word.
I wait a lot to open larger sprite in GameMaker. Talking about GameMaker, my current game is slowly becoming too good for this computer. It's starting to lag.
I know dat feel. I started on a laptop as well. 512mb of ram. :(
On the bright side, the first parts of the computer I'm going to build are arriving tomorrow. 16Gb of ram, baby!I have never been this excited.It's not laptop.
Oh. :(
Guess 'these days' were 10 years ago… And yeah, it's "PC". Cannot say it without quotations, because PC gives wrong impression :P
I remember thinking about going with an Atom for my desktop PC long ago, but I went with AMD Athlon x2 instead.
My main work machine is a 14" laptop with a 1.4 GHz intel and intel graphics, hooked up to M&K and a 1080p 24" monitor. For gaming, I have a really nice but empty chassis that I'm going to fill with components at some point. Perhaps when I know the requirements for HL3.Eeesh - even the shitty budget laptop I had back when I still used GM was better than that :<
I'm guessing you're on a netbook?I started with an old Windows 98 PC before moving on to a Toshiba Satellite with 856(?)MB RAM, dual core 1.9GHz CPU, and an integrated Radeon X1200 with 128MB dedicated VRAM.
Using GM wasn't too bad on either of those, but honestly I never made anything that pushed them to the limits.I started off with a 1.6Ghz Celeron, single core, in 2008. Had a whopping 512mb of RAM, ran XP Home, and packed a huge 80GB HDD. It sufficed for basic Game Maker 8 related stuff, but would crash often. :<
And technically, earlier, I started programming on a 486DX running Windows 95, 32MB of RAM, and a 6GB HDD (QBasic development; was fine for it).Second machine I remember was a Pentium 1, 200mhz, with 64MB of RAM, an SIS Video Accelerator, Windows 98 and the same 6GB HDD from the previous machine. Good times.I just scored a free copy of windows 8. Student perks can be great!
Ooh! Does that get you more free stuff than Dreamspark?