Quote Originally Posted by chionos
I know a couple people who play on laptops, and the biggest problem for them is keeping it from overheating. If the laptop starts to overheat at all, it'll usually end up disconnecting you from ffxi. You can see the basic PC specs at playonline.com, it's really nothing special.
It depends on the laptop, you can get a lot of laptop now days that can handle any sort of gaming.