What do you think about this laptop?

[Scratchy]

Product Specifications
Memory (RAM) 512MB DDR RAM
Hard Drive 40GB
Audio Integrated sound
Video Graphics ATI Radeon 9600 video card
Warranty One year limited, battery 6 months
Battery Type 8 cell Li-ion
Display 15.4" wide-screen XGA TFT
Dimensions 14"10.6"x1.4"
Other ports 1 Firewire (IEEE 1394), 1 VGA, 1 TV-out(s-video),
1 audio out, 1 micrphone in, 1 RJ-11, 1 RJ-45,
1 typeII PC card/card bus sl

Optical Drive DVD/CDRW
Operating System Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Ports/Connectors 3 USB 2.0, 1 digital media reader
Memory Expandable to 1GB
Processor Speed Intel Pentium 4 2.80Ghz
Additional Drives n/a
Network Card Integrated 54g wireless LAN(802.11g), 10/100 Mbit network LAN
Modem Speed/Type 56k


Dare I even think about gaming with this laptop??? Your thoughts are appreciated.

Thanks,

 

[Wuzup101]

A friend of mine had an Avertec laptop at school (along with his desktop). He was pretty hard core into DJing, web authoring, photoshop, etc... and was generally very knowledgeable abouut hardware. He loved his Avertec which he got for under $1000. As for gaming, I'm sure it will be able to handle some games and keep you occupied. A desktop pentium 4 @ 2.8ghz, 512mb ram, and a 9600 pro should give you a good punch!

 

[3chordcharlie]

mobile 9600 is right up there for laptop gaming. It won't 'smoke' but it's not bad either.