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Dell have Inspiron Mini 10 netbooks for a 199 euro (ex VAT) today and tomorrow. Offer ends tomorrow night. I just ordered one

"But it has Windoze on it!" I hear you cry. No fear, I'm gonna whack Ubuntu Netbook Remix on straight away. "But you can't play games on it! It has a weird 1024 x 600 resolution" you cry some more. For this my friends, there is also a solution.

True, I won't be playing BioShock 2 on it, but I can damn well run Quake 3! Both the original game as well as the newer version distributed through Steam (and don't forget ioquake3) will work on a netbook. Installation is problem-free with all versions. The game runs smooth and with an attached USB mouse be prepared to put up a decent frag count.

When Quake 3 Arena first came out, widescreen monitors were just a dream in the sleeping minds of gamers. Your netbook likely has a widescreen monitor and runs at a widescreen resolution (1024 x 600 like you were whinging). To set the game to a custom resolution you need to drop the command console and enter the following three commands (and then restart the game):

* r_mode -1
* r_customwidth 1024 (or whatever width you'd like)
* r_customheight 600 (or whatever height you'd like)

You could also put these command in a launch script, which I will most likely do. Changing the resolution as described here will make the game look and play a lot better however you likely won't be able to watch any of the game cinematics.

Really though, Quake 3 was never about story line. Go play - happy fragging!

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Obviously, this will also work for ANY game based on the Quake 3 engine, from Call Of Duty to Urban Terror to Elite Force. Try it yourself.....