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03 July 2013
For the more frugal non apple fanboy, this will be a solid mediagam laptop
1 of 1 found this helpful With an upgrade to an m650 graphics card and a decent i5 processor, this laptop is plenty powerful for media consumption and playing MMO's like SWTOR on the go. The overall size is compact though this is a thick laptop. Still the keyboard and touchpad are very high quality which is nice considering the last budget laptop I bought new from HP for the same price as a used M14x felt very cheap. I love the custom color schemes for the keyboard and the rubber mat finish used on the body. This is a great mobile media device allowing for easy connectivity to the TV to play recent multiplayer games and consume web based media with out the normal chop of a laptop without a dedicated video card.
The only downside to this laptop is I have the version with the low end 1280 x 760 or so screen. Its not the brightest, colors and viewing angle are nothing special and text can be blurred on games like SWTOR because everything is so small. Overall though it is a satisfactory viewing experience and if you can manage to snag one of these laptops for 600 dollars or less it will run circles around any comparably priced laptop.