Thinking about buying this, what do you think?

megapixel

HP DV7-3111ea

17.3 Screen
Intel Core i5-430M processor (2.53 GHz, 3MB Cache)
Genuine Windows(R) 7 Home Premium
4GB Memory
500GB Hard drive
Up to 4.5 hours battery life
Nvidia GeForce GT 105 M 512MB graphics
Wireless-N connectivity Webcam
HD screen

Run a lot of big programs for an engineering course, watch a lot of tv and films and play games.
Thanks in advance,
Megapixel

mclovin.

17.3" screen? Think about that really. I have a 17" screen on my laptop.

When I was buying it I was all like "Aw yeah 17", dvd's will look amasing", but when you get it you soon realise it is a MASSIVE pain in the ass bringing it into college.
The rest of it looks cool. But seriously reconsider the screen size.
Also you will NOT get 4hours battery life with a screen that big, trust me.

megapixel

I don't attend college full-time so the laptop is only going to be used in the house, and a few times a year in college.
It helps knowing that a 17" screen can be a pain.

Voodu Child

Nvidia G105M won't be any good at gaming. Its basically the slowest (or close to it) mobile GPU Nvidia made in the 100M generation.

If you want to play games, you'd be advised to get at least a mid-range mobile GPU. Which for Nvidia would be something like a :
-9600M or better,
-GT130M or better,
-GT230M or better

Solitaire

... and for AMD look out for the mHD5650 - nifty mid-range graphics card that doesn't seem to cost the earth but actually seems to stick to the same name : performance ratio as the desktop cards (i.e. a bit below HD5670) which is a rarity in mobile graphics.

megapixel

Thanks for all the advise, the games/graphics card isn't a deal breaker for me so setting aside that what do you think or what else can i get for 899Euros.

ozt9vdujny3srf

If you want to game, and watch stuff in HD, and you wont be bringing it to college, then you will get a nice desktop rig for 900 euros.

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