Considering this laptop... thoughts? :)

twolves90

twolves90

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I am thinking of buying this laptop soon. I would like it for word processing and a bit of gaming... mostly AoE 3...

HP Pav dv9000t
XP Home
Intel Core Duo 2 T5600 1.83 GHz
256MB nVidia Geforce Go 7600
1 Gig DDR2
100 GB HD
Wireless LAN
17" Widescreen, 1440x900 (is this good??)
Some other goodies...

all for $1348.98

good? bad? need upgrade?
thx
 
Over all it seems pretty good, but I've not kept up with current prices... Plus you didn't post the RAM speed. Probably wouldn't make a huge difference, but it would be nice to know.

The screen resolution isn't the greatest... I mean it's a good widescreen resolution, but unless you plan to watch a ton of movies or play lots of games that can actually use widescreen, things usally get thrown off. Some people don't mind it, I guess it's more of a personal preference.
 
laptops are good for remote processings if your out of town. for gaming nothing can beat a good desktop pc and its a lot fun to upgrade and fix a desktop pc.

all new laptops sold these days are preety much ok.. you should check its website for forums and ask for people who bought them
 
sweet.... im gonna upgrade to 2 gigs of ram too....

another question is:

the graphics card is gefore go 7600, 256 mb.
i can upgrade to 512 for $100....

should i if i want to play aoe 3 at full settings?
 
HP has absolutely horrendous customer service. Personally I wouldn't touch one with a ten foot pole, but it's up to you. The specs look good, that's for sure. :)
 
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