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4.0 stars
"Great laptop should upgrade if you can."
Pros: STRONG laptop
Good price
Nice screen
Full keyboard
Screen displays smooth images
Ok battery life
4 USB portsCons: After 8 months of use I got dead pixels all over the middle of the screen
Summary: First, let me say that I've had this laptop for around 8 months now and upgraded it to Windows vista, 200GB HD, 2GB of RAM.
My palm rest's color wore off and touch pad buttons
Low sound speakers
Small touch pad
I am impressed by how it is built.
My little brother got a sharp item and scratched the hell out of my laptop cover (Top of laptop, behind screen) and I was angry and thought my screen got badly damaged but it was perfect and as it was.
Then I forgot to close my laptop bag so I picked it up my laptop bag and BOOM it fell down, I was scared something might of happened to it but to my amazement it still works.
The while I was charging my laptop my little brother tripped over the AC adapter and my laptop fell very hard, it still works.
And there are many more time were it almost broke but survived everytime. You can punch it with a bit of force and nothing will happen to it :), it is a very strong laptop. I had a Sony Vaio in which fell by accident and the LCD screen broke, and I also had a Dell in where it also accidentally fell and the keyboard broke. I also used my laptop for 12 hours a day for eight months and with no overheating problems. It runs very cool and silent.
The design is pretty good I love the black and silver together but the touch pad makes it look a bit bad only if it was bigger.
The sound will not be loud with the speakers, it is better if you put headphones on.
I play some mini game and 3D games on my laptop and put my hand on the palm rest for hours. So the palm rest's color and touch pad buttons wore off, this can be prevented by using a mouse.
This laptop is not a choice for people who play PC games as it lags in almost all the modern games out these, it supports an Intel GM945 graphics card. It is good if you play games that don't require too much 3D movments such as Dungeon Runners etc..
The processor speed is a let down of only 1.6GHz. But I don't find this important as it's not a gaming laptop or HD entertainment laptop.
The laptop comes with a 100GB HD, 1GB of RAM, and Windows XP.
I have upgraded to 200GB, 2GB of RAM and Windows Vista and seen a huge improvement. The 100GB HD is great to store all your favorite movies and games. I can't argue with the 1GB of RAM as it is Ok for Windows XP.
The WiFi, headphone jack, microphone jack, and memory card slot if located on the front edge of the laptop which is good and easy to reach. All ports are placed to be reached easily.
This is a great laptop if you just want to surf the internet, watch DVDs, or just for the sake of entertainment, this is this laptop for you. It is VERY well priced at around $550.00 - $600.00 as of now (October 26th of 2008) I have purchased this laptop for $800.00 eight months ago.
Thanks,
Moataz
