Blast from the past and Chromebook or iPad solution?

[Mole]

Hi ho, all. A few of you may remember me from many moons ago (almost always as a pirate on the Periphery) though I haven't been active in the server or the forum for many years. I'd like to get back to playing again but I am currently just using a new Chromebook and an old iPad as my devices. Does anyone have any first-hand experience getting the game to run on either of those platforms? I have started to read up on using Linux on a Chromebook but I'd appreciate hearing from someone who as made it work. Cheers, Matthew (Mole)

[Mole]

Two days and not a peep.... Sadly, it appears that the lights are on but nobody's home, or at least no one is active in this forum anymore.

[obese pigeon]

Maybe no one else is using your setup?

Regardless, welcome back!

[Mole]

Thanks, OP. Let me put my question another way. If I wanted to get a cheap Windows netbook specifically to run the game, what is the minimum configuration (processor type/speed, RAM, storage, Windows version, etc.) I would need? Are there any obvious pitfalls I should avoid such as "X brand no longer supports Java" or something like that? Thanks in advance, Matthew

[Mole]

Well, absent any other advice and since the system requirements for Java JRE 8 seem pretty modest, I ordered myself a $200 refurbished Dell laptop (Latitude E7270 2.3 GHz Core i5/SSD 256 GB/8 GB RAM) that seems like it should get the job done. I hope to be back on the server by this weekend.