I'm wondering why it has to be a laptop and how exactly you play Dolphin on the go?
Not being sarcastic......wondering if there would be more suitable devices for you in the future whether it be a phone or more likely the Switch......Switch will be $300, a TRUE portable device, and I'd imagine it would get GC support if not also Wii support in the near future....
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And I realize this is a Dolphin forum....but with your budget....the Switch has already been rumored to play GC games and I'm assuming it could handle Wii games. And it is running on a chipset used for Android so I'm sure it would end up hackable, especially consider how well Nintendo secured the Wii/Wii U.
Not being sarcastic......wondering if there would be more suitable devices for you in the future whether it be a phone or more likely the Switch......Switch will be $300, a TRUE portable device, and I'd imagine it would get GC support if not also Wii support in the near future....
EDIT:
And I realize this is a Dolphin forum....but with your budget....the Switch has already been rumored to play GC games and I'm assuming it could handle Wii games. And it is running on a chipset used for Android so I'm sure it would end up hackable, especially consider how well Nintendo secured the Wii/Wii U.