Can Silent Hunter III be played on a HP laptop

Yes, but only if the computer's specifications meet the game's requirements. The system requirements for Silent Hunter III are:

• Operating System: Windows XP/2000
• Processor: Pentium III 1.4 GHz or AMD Athlon 1.4 GHz or faster
• RAM: 512 MB (1 GB recommended)
• Video card: 64 MB DirectX 9 compliant graphics card (128 MB recommended)
• Hard drive space: 2 GB

Silent Hunter III will run on Windows Vista/7 and on 64-bit systems, but they are not natively compatible.