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4.5 stars
"Great computer all around"
Pros: fast, looks awesome, 10 key, 8800 NVIDIA
Cons: no fingerprint reader or bluetooth
Summary: It has a huge 17? screen that, when combined with the Nvidia 8800 make movies and games look amazing. It runs nearly all current games on their highest settings with no problem at all. You can also hook up another moniker or TV through the HDMI or VGA ports and the graphics are still top notch. The keyboard with the 10 key and multimedia buttons is set up really nice as well. The wireless works well and the firewire port comes in very handy for connecting external hard drives because the P-172s only has three usb ports. It lacks the fingerprint reader and Bluetooth that some machines ship with now, but most people do not put those features to use anyway. It does have a decent webcam and speakers which outperform those on similar laptops. If I could do it over again I think that I would have chosen a 15" Asus. It is more portable and cheap enough that I could have bought another moniter to use when I was home. But overall I love this computer. And I think the keyboard setup is great for gaming. But that's just me.
Updated on Dec 22, 2008Six months later and my P172x is still running strong. I have avast and ccleaner installed and they keep it running like new. The hard drive is filling up, but that's an easy fix. My only other complaint is that it seems to run a little hot. A few times during gaming or movie watching it has overheated and shutdown. The settings were on their highest setting, though. It doesn't seem to happen if I keep the back propped up an inch or so, so that it gets better air circulation. I don't think they are still being produced but if you can find one I would still recomend you buy it.
