What should i get....

[Caerfanan]

The Gold versions are the same as the previous versions. RTW Gold is simply RTW 1.5 and BI 1.6 bundled together. STW Warlord Edition is STW + MI, and MTW Gold (Battle Collection) is MTW + VI. The only changes are cosmetic ones to the ui and changes to the installers, the game is till the same.

Oh yes, it means the latest patched version with it's extension altogether. For the ones like me who didn't started the TW games when they went out, this set's a blessing, I was trying desperately to get the VI extension for myy oldf MTW game, and finally had Shogun AND rome with the extensiosn as a bonus (and could give my old MTW to a friend). Yes, it's not "better programmed", I just had in mind an install of Rome which didn't worked while the gold was working, but I mght have tried to install a prior to 1.5 version at first

Personally I wouldn't go for the eras package (or whatever it's called) unless you actually want all of the games, or unless you can get it at a bargain price. M2TW is not really an option for you, looking at the spec of that laptop.

It would indeed be expensive if you are looking for one game only, that's right. I think a gold edition can be found for less than 15$?