Ok basically my laptop borked, and the only other computer I have is too old for Starbound to run on it, so I can't really do anything. it may take a few more days until it's fixed. Just posting this in case anyone was wondering.
Mind if I ask how old your working laptop is? The reason I ask is because there are some things you can modify in Starbound to DRASTICALLY (and I mean -drastically-) reduce FPS lag from active shadows.
it's not that, I mean the game won't even start. like, the computer just says the game is trying to do things the computer can't do.
Oh, I see.. Well, sorry to hear that.. If you are at all interested, I have the game running on a very old Lenovo T400 by using Linux and disabling all shadows. I only get around 20 FPS on average, but that's saying something!
Of course it will! Fedora runs amazingly on Macs (they have mac compatibility modules built right into the kernel). Whoops! Posted the -uninstall- link, lol. Looks like the procedure is different for each model. Google should be able to tell you really quick.