I'm running sims3 on an Aspire laptop from walmart, it's about 3 years old.  I could type up all the stuff on the lil stickers, but alot is worn off, and I'd make a lot of typos and piss people off.  I know it's windows 7, I know it runs up to generations, but I have concerns about if it'll run pets.  And I know the overheating issue is a BITCH.  If I find a decent, or even just rediculously cheap fan, I buy as many as I can, because this thing eats them.  I think it killed it's battery.  I don't know if it was the strain of the game, or the computer itself sucking.

    I doubt that's been much help, but I hope it's been some help to someone.