Purchased HP Omnibook XE3

I recently purchased an HP Omnibook XE3. I've read conflicting reviews as to whether this notebook is a good one for games. We are already having issues with the system locking up and we are only playing the game "ZUMA." We have 512 megs of RAM, PIII 1 Ghz, 20 gig hd drive ACT 14.1, Enet O/B DVD and modem with Windows XP Professional. We saved the game from a flash memory stick to our hard drive. My cousin has used this on his Dell with no problem. He uses it from his memory stick instead of saving it to the hard drive. Any help you can give me is greatly appreciated. In addition are there any other surprises that I should watch out for? My battery only last 1hr and a half. Is there a battery that will give me 3-4 hours of usage?

 

Any computer will play that. I'm not sure how you installed it, but I'd start with a fresh download. http://www.popcap.com/gamepopup.php?theGame=zuma

 

Thanks. It was the software.