Is this Lapop deal o.k.?

[Slacker]

Its for my son, he is playing wow on a 5 or 6 year old toshiba satelite with "Intel Extreme Graphics with 32MB Shared Memory"

Unit Price: $599.00
Quantity: 1
-- XPS M1530 Laptop: Intel Core 2 Duo T5850 Processor (2.16GHz/667Mhz FSB/2MB cache)

-- Certified Refurbished

-- Processor Label

-- Integrated 2.0 Mega Pixel Web Camera

-- MEDIADIRECT 3.3 Software

-- MEDIA DIRECT 3.5

-- 32BIT Operating System CD

-- Documentation

-- Dell 1395 802.11G Wireless Mini Card

-- Keyboard On Notebook

-- Operating System Label

-- Information

-- Service Software

-- Software

-- Software

-- Software

-- 8X DVD +/- RW w/dbl layer write capability

-- 4 GB DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz (2 DIMMs)

-- 320 GB SATA Hard Drive (5400 RPM)

-- 32BIT Operating System CD

-- McAfee Security Center, 30 Day

-- Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium

-- 90W AC Adapter

-- 6 Cell Primary Battery

-- Microsoft Works 9.0

-- Shipping Material

-- MEDIA DIRECT 3.5

-- Tuxedo Black

-- Documentation

-- 15.4 WUXGA Laptop Screen Display with TrueLife

-- Windows Live

-- Image Restore Software

-- 128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS

-- Standard Palmrest

-- Resource DVD

-- Service Software

-- Roxio Creator 10

-- Get 15% off any Dell Outlet Refurbished Home laptop or desktop with this coupon!
- $89.85
-- XPS M1530: (Included in Price) 1 Yr Limited Hardware Warranty, In-Home Service after Remote Diagnosis, 24x7 Phone Support
Unit Price: $0.00
Quantity: 1
Total Price: $0.00
Subtotal: $509.15
Shipping and Handling: $19.99
Shipping Discount: -$19.99
Sales Tax: $25.46
Total Amount: $534.61

Its the best I could find around $500.00 , I just hope the m8400gs is good enough for what he wants, on the tosh he says he gets 1 to 5 fps in 25man raids and 10 to 15 the rest of the time.

 

[corkyg]

Definitely a cut above what he is currently using.

 

[TimeKeeper]

Absolutely NOT!

1. Merom core has been discountinued and T5850 cannot even compare to Penryn T4400. ( Newer Arrandale P6000, even few i-core can be had for less than that price new )

2. 128MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M is also old tech, current intel 4500MHD (Penryn core laptop ) almost 2x faster than Nvidia, let along newer PM or HM series.

3. 4GB DDR2 w/ 32bit OS is kinda waste, most of newer laptop w/ 4GB DDR3 perform faster w/ 64-bit W7. ( 64bit W7 has much efficient / prefectch memory management )

If you use Bing Cashback, you can get a i3 laptop for around $500.