Can Trainz be installed on laptops (& others) with only USB ports, not disc drives?

[Red_Rattler]

Can Trainz be installed on laptops (& others) with only USB ports, not disc drives?

Can Trainz (& if known MSTS) be installed on laptops (& other computers) that only have USB ports, and not disc drives?

 

[DeRiCo]

Hi Red

One way is to get an external DVD drive.

I have an Imation DVD Burner that connects via a USB and it works great with my laptop.

Dennis

 

[shaneturner12]

Can Trainz (& if known MSTS) be installed on laptops (& other computers) that only have USB ports, and not disc drives?

Yes if you have either a digital download version (TS2009/TS2010/TS12) or an external DVD drive (as Dennis has stated).

Shane

 

[Red_Rattler]

Wouldn't that require taking a laptop, plus drive if you need to travel?

 

[shaneturner12]

For a disc version, yes. If you have a digital download version (for Trainz at least) it could be stored on the hard drive if it is large enough.

Shane

 

[Paulsw2]

Sort of related to this: could you install Trainz to an external SSD with some sort of high speed connection (USB 3.0?) to the PC and would it work faster than if you installed on your conventional internal hard drive?

Paul

 

[sniper297]

Depends on the bandwidth and transfer speed of the USB versus the internal connection, might come out about the same.
"For a disc version, yes." Not here, I installed 2009, 2010, and 12 from disks, no DRM requiring a disk in the DVD drive. You could also install on one computer and copy the entire folder to a different computer using a LAN cable, the other computer doesn't even need a DVD drive or internet connection.

 

[clam1952]

According to sites that apparently know about these things USB3 or eSata is fine with 500MB/s SSD's USB2 apparently slows it down but it's supposedly still considerably faster than any hard drive.

 

[Red_Rattler]

While the next specs is for a tablet would 1GB dedicated graphics be enough for Trainz?

And for tablets (no, no not medical tablets) would this run Trainz TS10+?: http://www.asus.com.au/Tablet/Transformer_Pad/ASUS_Transformer_Pad_TF300T/#specifications

But then again, with a suitable laptop, pay more, do slightly more and get 750GB instead of 32B HDD (or what the equivalent is)

 

[RRSignal]

No. It should run the Android version, but not any serious version like TS2010 or TS12. Totally different operating systems, not to mention performance capabilities.

 

[Red_Rattler]

Sorry, I should clear that up, I meant would 1GB be enough for Win 7 laptop?, not the tablet part I was mentioning.

 

[RRSignal]

Sure, 1Gb of dedicated graphics memory is fine. Try to get one that uses DDR5 for the dedicated memory.