I've got an older Dell Studio 1558 with an i3 core and 4gb of RAM, but its missing its hard drive. I was thinking of testing out a USB bootable linux just to see if it works - I haven't been able to verify if it does or not. Trying to test this with minimal outlay, and I don't have the PSU. I was considering decasing it and running it off 12v.
Would a laptop running i3 at 2.27ghz be suitable to run GroovyMAME? Ideally I would like a brand new PC but just trying to work with what I have. I am not very good with PC's as I haven't really played around inside a laptop - just built a tower years ago. Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks.