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desktop is nearly broken down,I am quite set on this [url="http://tinyurl.com/24svzrv"]HP laptop[/url].Just for web surfing and playing games. Is it enough to handle that also I like the size, neither too big nor too small
or any other suggestions for a $900 bucks laptop?

You didn't say what kind of games you wanted to play on your new laptop. If you're planning on any serious gaming though I recommend staying away from Intel graphics solutions (like the one you linked to has) and getting a lappie with AMD or NVIDIA graphics.

I am not from the US, so I don't know if $900 is a good price or not for a laptop... but I have experienced the lack of thrills inherent in having an HP laptop. Here are a few pointers, and this applies to buying any laptop:

1) Do not buy a (HP) laptop without reading several independant reviews on it and check technical forums before hand on known issues. With HP if it breaks and you only have the standard 1 year warranty, do not expect HP to be helpful or actually fix the problem, they will do the minimum your laws require.

2) Read a forum regarding their Support and Troubleshooting, HP are atrocious for their technical support and their drivers are usually pretty awful and like Acer they never bother to write updates for them so you will eventually need to aquire beta or omega driver for your motherboard, graphics card etc. as this can cause problems with the running of any games you might want to play.

The specs of the laptop are pretty good, though it seems to be rather overcompensating for it's mediocre graphics chipset with a whopping 8GB of RAM no doubt because in order to get a good framerate you will need to dig into about 2 GB of shared video RAM.

I recommend going to Notebookcheck.net, where you might find a review of the laptop put through its paces and it usually provides bench tests using a variety of games.

Hope I've been helpful, and good luck in finding the machine you want.

P.S I have a Dell M1530 laptop that I hate as it has a poor build quality, so much so I have to carry an external rubber keyboard in case the keys scramble when I am typing. I could have learned about the Dell Keyboard Bump before I bought it... but... oh well...

Charnel wrote:You didn't say what kind of games you wanted to play on your new laptop. If you're planning on any serious gaming though I recommend staying away from Intel graphics solutions (like the one you linked to has) and getting a lappie with AMD or NVIDIA graphics.

sorry,I play games like CoD,WoW,but also little games,What version of AMD or NVIDIA graphics works well for these games?

I concur with Charnel. If you want a laptop that can run games with reasonable graphics settings at lower resolutions for the next year or two, then try investing in one with at least an ATI HD5470. Intel or AMD integrated graphics are best avoided

ralary wrote:sorry,I play games like CoD,WoW,but also little games,What version of AMD or NVIDIA graphics works well for these games?

Currently I am using an AMD radeon HD 6800 series graphics card for playing CoD , it works very well for me. NVIDIA graphics are also well but it sucks some times me so i recommend to use AMD and enjoy gaming

If you really think to changing ur pc Whether you need it for home, school or your business, a new computer can be a major purchase. There are a lot of factors to consider like price, reliability, warranty, memory, CD drives and pre-installed software packages.

If there's any independent specialists around your way I recommend you go bespoke. Just tell them your budget and requirements and they should be able to offer you everything you need and nothing you don't. The only drawback to this is that you can end up paying a couple of hundred more than buying something similar from a bulk retailer.

I have been purchased new Laptop computer and this have all capabilities to play games in it.