Take a look. I think it's pretty decent for the price.
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Opinions? Comments?

Not bad, for the price... Just don't expect to play games well on it.

Well I'm not too worried about that. I bought it mainly for college and practical use.
I was running CS:S on a FX5200 so anything equivalent or better than that is fine with me.

Good for the value yes, and pretty much any laptop nowadays can do the basic educational usage scenarios without problems, at least its a bit more unique then the others with that hideous paint job

Yeah looks nice, i was thinking about getting that myself when it came out for school use and collage in the future. But then i said nah, ill just wait and when i go to collage ill spend money on a mac or getting a gaming laptop so i can at least enjoy some games.

You think it's hideous??
I thought it kind of looked cool. Well everyone is entitled to their opinions.
And it runs smooth as anything. I'm really impressed with it so far.

I guess it depends on how you use it really, I'd have to see you use it in a College Campus coffee shop or something to see how much of a cock you look with it, but as far as just buying it for the paint job, its hideous. I say if you want it to be a bit different, get something that doesn't look like you listen to My Chemical Romance and slit your wrists

It'll be quite some time before any university accepts you if that's how you spell college.

I think it is time that you understand that i'm on a forum i could careless about spelling and grammar. And that being said, get off my case that is all you and rifleman do is nick pick at people spelling. Stupid little things generally, god for bid it be 12 am and me typing fast.

Oh lordy lordy ill never spell a word wrong, i don't want you to get all ass hurt or anything.

kicks the crap out of mine and it probably cost half as much.

good job imo, I wish I had money to buy a new computer, but I'd probably spend it on a desktop.

I prefer desktop then lappies. Anyway nice laptop !
Love the painting job; My dad has the previous one of that serie.

Like I said, you're entitled to your opinion. I think you're being a bit extreme but hey, that's just me. It's a special edition series so that's the only reason it has the paint job.

Yea Downloaded I got a really good deal. After getting software and accessories, the entire thing came to a total of $1,402 and change. That's not bad considering some laptops start at a base price of that.

I don't see what's wrong with the pattern on it, or how it makes you an emo faggot.
But hey, I have purple wallpaper with flowers on it.

I'm the only one that likes the look of it then? It's awesome!

Should be OK for older games and CS:S etc though you may need to turn down the settings a bit.

Yeah, i agree, i think it looks good. i'm actually in the market for a laptop as well. That is a great deal.
What software did you add?

I only got Microsoft Office 2007: Student and Teacher Edition and Norton360.
The total for both of those was something like 200 or 215.
And hey, I bought it so you're not the only one who likes the style.

Double post. Sorry.
CSS runs at a constant 50-75 fps. Fluctuating between the numbers.
Here's a few shots of what my game looks like.



And the real game...


And just for shits and giggles. Full settings and resolution...


Might want to compensate for JPEG quality.

that isn't bad for a laptop.

But then, it is the source. It works on the worst of computers.

Ewwww, Norton AntiVirus

Uh no. Well yea, but the complete package. It's actually a pretty good product.
You're just a hater of my laptop, huh?

Simply put yes, every single one i have gotten has either had catastrophic failures, or it became to slow to use after only a year, now i know that's pretty insignificant, technology just ages like that, but on a tight budget it was hard to really get your money's worth. I've had desktops the whole time, and the worst problems have happened because of my terrible assembly skills

I don't think the one I have will be crapping out any time soon. I want it to last at least 4 years for college, though I'm aware technology will improve a bunch over those years.

I'm proud of you Silver, BUT... CSS really isn't good indicator of what your computer can do. My lappy can run it at almost your settings flawlessly too, and yours is a hell of a lot better than mine. Install a few more challenging games.

Also, Norton really does suck. Get BitDefender, McAfee, hell... even AVG would do the trick.

I quite like the appearance. And yeah, what Downlaoded said about games.

yeah, i like the look of that one, only thing i don't like is that its a hp.
never had a good expierence with hp.

Yeah, neither did I, but that was like way back when I was little. :o

Well you have to know that I'm used to an FX 5200 and was using it for at least 7 years. So it looks good to me. And I don't know much about Spyware, Virus, and Internet protection products so I'll just have to agree with you.

I just learned by testing stuff and norton is undeniably THE WORST. it might look good, but with the games available today and your laptop you really shouldn't settle for "good" you can get "great". Much better in any case.

The best antivirus is your brain. I've not used any antivirus, spyware, or adware software for 6+ years and I've not had one.

yeah that's true. I don't know what your browsing habits are, general rule is that if it looks like it was made by a 5 year old, don't use it.

true dat, haven't used any for many years as well.

Its useful in dorms for when your desperate perv room mate decides its OK to use your computer to look up prons.

Not doubting you but how would you know.

Because I've had experience with them in the past. Specifically, using them.

So if you had one that didn't pop up anything or worsen performance you'd know?

Pretty much, I keep a very close eye on things anytime I run an .exe that may be of dubious origin, check the usual signs, locations, processes, etc. No doubt if I was specifically targeted I wouldn't have a prayer but picking up sleepers there's never been anything that gets past unnoticed.

You could just take the hassle out keeping an eye on everything by just buying a "great" virus/spyware protection.
Don't cha think that it's kinda hard to keep watch when there's new malicious content everyday?

I don't like wasting resources.

Wouldn't you be utilizing resources by getting one.

As have I. ^_-

Facepalm time. I said I'm trying to save resources not use them.

Saving resources as in, "I like my PC to go fast so I don't want an antivirus hogging memory/processor cycles probing files in the background all day" saving resources.

Oh oh oh ok. Sorry I thought you meant the other kind of resource. Not processor resources.

Kind of an update:
I've found that the wireless network connection is extremely unreliable. It seems that the connection randomly cuts in and out. Anyone know how to fix this? It's pretty annoying especially when I'm in my own home and it can't connect to my network.

Either your wireless card inside is fucked or you're not getting a good signal because of distance or wall thickness \ material.

What encryption are you using for your wireless as well? WEP is very insecure for example and in some cases can actually affect reliability.

WPA ftw?

I'm using WEP because that's what my router has. Or at least that's all I know it has. It's definitely not distance because I've put my laptop next to it and it's still unreliable. And we have FiOS so I don't think it's weak signal strength.

WPA encryption is better. Switch over to that.

Works better, buts still cuts out sometimes. Guess I'll deal with it.

Just something funny, whenever my mom is using her laptop in the kitchen and i turn on the microwave for at least 20 seconds her internet goes out xD

Haha that's odd