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Basically I am kinda cheap, althogh I have abit of money to spend, I've decided to settle for a budget laptop - seeing as my current one is a piece of crap, what I wonder is - should I purchase this laptop if I intend to play games like Counter Strike Source, Team Fortress 2, Left 4 dead 2, so pretty much games that were mostly released before 2009/2010. Otherwise, would it struggle with the load?

This is the laptop;

http://direct.tesco.com/q/R.211-8727.aspx

These are the specs;

Audio Features Yes with digital output only
Battery Life in Hours Up to 3 hours
Blank Discs Case Included No
Bluetooth No
Brand Compaq
Built-in Webcam Yes
Cache Memory in Mb 1MB
Camera Yes
Colour Black
Dial Up Modem No
External Sata Interface No
Finger Print Reader No
Firewire No
Graphics Chipset Intel GL40
Graphics Type Shared
Hard Drive Size 500GB
Hard Drive Type 2.5" SATA 5400rpm with 8MB Cache
Interface USB 2.0
Memory Size 4GB
Memory Slots Total 2
Memory Speed in Mhz PC2-6400 (800 MHz)
Memory Type DDR2
Number of USB Ports 3
Operating System Microsoft Windows® 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Optical Drive Compatible Type No
Optical Drive Dual Layer Compatible Yes
Optical Drive Hd-dvd Compatible No
Optical Drive Lightscribe Compatible Yes
Optical Drive Type DVD dual layer rewriter
Os Recovery Discs Included No
Output VGA 15-pin D-Sub
Power Adaptor Included Yes
Processor Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core
Processor Bus in Mhz 800
Processor Model Number T4500
Processor Speed in GHz 2.3
Product Depth 24.6 cm
Product Height 3.28 cm
Product Weight Units kg
Product Width 37.4 cm
Screen Size In Inches 15.6
Screen Type LED
Software Loaded ● This PC is optimized for Microsoft® Office 2010. Purchase a Product Key Card or Disc to activate full-featured Office software preloaded on this PC. ● HP Setup ● HP Advisor ● HP Support Assistant ● Omnifone MusicStation ● Cyberlink DVD Suite ● Cyberlink Power DVD ● Cyberlink YouCam ● Windows Live Applications ● HP Games Console ● Norton Online Backup (30-day trial) ● Microsoft Internet Explorer ● Windows Live Messenger ● Adobe Reader ● Adobe Flash Player
TV Tuner No
Weight 2.55
Wired Networking Port 10 / 100 MHz ethernet
Wireless Built in 802.11n

 

As it stands I'll be getting it for £250 with the current running discount, which is like, OKAY-ish in terms of laptop prices in the UK.

Also what I am dubious about is the maker - Compaq, never had anything by them, so a bit weary.

Also - would I lag on minecraft? As that was my final pushing point today after being unable to play with a friend earlier on.



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