that used thinkpad i bought came in the mail! it has a little bit of damage on the screen and that kind of sucks, but i am extremely happy with the performance i'm getting for $270. i can play rivals of aether 2 at minimum settings. on integrated graphics. locked 60fps. that's actually fantastic!

get this though: the main reason i bought this thing, to have something newer so the light engine for my game would render properly...

still doesn't work. i'm going to go looking for driver updates to see if that fixes it, but it didn't for my old laptop. probably won't for this either. that's insane. i'm going to probably have to use a different lighting system which is going to suck ass. this one is so nice! then again, i still might just ditch rpg maker entirely and use RPG In A Box instead because they've got pixel movement for NPCs coming soon now too and i can actually run it on this new laptop. or maybe i could try just going back to RPG Architect. idk man. lighting is NECESSARY for this game.

i'm still glad i bought the thing, it's a really good upgrade. still disappointed though.