this seemed an appropriate forum by the title, tho' [i hope] I can't help with the freezing/crashing issue.
Not being very PC- or game-literate I was dubious about whether CM would work on my old-ish laptop. It does ! 8)
the downside [limited to]: Resolution set itself to 640x480 ; I've only run Tiny scenarios so far, & moving the camera can be Slow [shortcut keys better than touchscreen for this]. I've got the big installation [scratch 1/3 of D-drive, but its worth it!], quick smoke, 2-man squads etc. Suspect I may have to live without transparent walls.
the upside: installed & ran straight off 'as advertised'...quite quick enough so far, video is quite manageable, smoke works, and the game is good enough that I Really Don't Care if I haven't got movie-quality graphics.
So to give hope to any P233 - laptop-owning prospectives out there, here's the lowly spec:
Dell Latitude CPi Intel PII M233XT [the Boot Screen says - the case says D233XT..]
64Mb RAM ; Windows 98
video - NeoMagic MagicGraph 128XD v 4.10.01.0006-Q6.13.03
audio device 'Audio for Crystal PnP Audio System CODEC'
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The Flying Dodo