It might also depend on your graphic card, since Dolphin puts much into it, from what i've read.
Hmmm... so it seems I'm in a better situation than you, since I can run wii games such as SONIC COLORS, Tales of Graces and few others I tried.
The problem always starts though when I try to make dat [parasitic bomb] HD.
Oh well, I can live without it.
Laptops aren't too good for those kinds of emulation, that's why I never wanted a laptop, no matter how much my father wanted to persuade me when my old pc died.
Though he's overall bad at choosing technology for himself. I mean, it took like, 6 or 5 cellphones for him to get one that finally satifies him. : /