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ADAPTER: Universal AC-DC Adapter BATTERY: Li-Ion 6 Cells 4400mAh Battery Pack (MS163A) BAGS: Free Deluxe Carrying Bag for 15.4 Inch Notebook CPU: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Mobile T7500 Dual-Core Processor @ 2.20GHz 800FSB 4MB L2 Cache 64-bit CD: 8X DVD REWRITABLE DRIVE FREEBIE_CU1: FREE! 2GB Portable Video, Music & Photo (MP4, MP3 & Jpeg) Media Player $149 Value - For selective notebook FREEBIE_CU2: FREE! Cyberpower Unleash The Power T-Shirt ($19 Value) FLASHMEDIA: Built-In 4in1 Media Reader FREEBIE_OS: FREE! (Halo 2) Game HDD: 160GB 5400RPM SATA150 HARD DRIVE [+21] INVERTER: NONE IEEE_CARD: BUILT-IN 1394 IEEE FIREWIRE PORT KEYBOARD: BUILT-IN KEYBOARD MOUSE: BUILT-IN TOUCHPAD MODEM: BUILT-IN 56K V.92 FAX MODEM MOTHERBOARD: Intel PM965 + ICH-8M Chipset Mainboard MEMORY: 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 DDR2-667 SODIMM Memory (Mushkin [+19]) NOTEBOOK: MSI MS-163A Notebook 15.4" Glossy WXGA 1280x800 Pixel w/ NVIDIA GeForce GO 8600M-GT 512MB Video, 1.3 Mega Pixels CMOS Camera, Intel Core2 Duo Mobile Processor, & 802.11g Wireless NOTEBOOK_COVER: MSI MS-163A Notebook Cover (Original Gray Color) NB_LCD: 15.4" WXGA TFT LCD Display 1280x800 Pixels NETWORK: Built-in 10/100/1000 Mbps Network Card NB_TRAVELKIT: NONE OS: Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium w/ Service Pack 1 (32-bit Edition) PRINTER: None PRINTER_CABLE: None RUSH: NO; READY TO SHIP IN 5~10 BUSINESS DAYS SOFT: Free 60 Days Microsoft® Office® 2007 (Words, Excel, Access, Power Point, Outlook + More) - Windows Vista™ Required SERVICE: STANDARD 1-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY AND 24/7 LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT SOUND: BUILT-IN AC 97 SOUND SPEAKERS: BUILT-IN STEREO SPEAKERS SYSTEM TVRC: None UPS: None USB: 4 x USB2.0 Port Connectors USBHD: NONE VIDEO: Built-in NVIDIA GeForce GO 8600M-GT 512MB Video VIDEOCAMERA: Built-in 1.3 Mega Pixel Webcam WNC: Intel 4965AGN Wireless 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N 54Mbps MiniPCI Card [+13] Xplorer X5-5850 Notebook Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Mobile T7500 Dual-Core Processor @ 2.20GHz 800FSB 4MB L2 Cache 64-bit 2GB (2x1GB) PC5300 DDR2-667 SODIMM Memory (Mushkin 160GB 5400RPM SATA150 HARD DRIVE Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition w/ Service Pack 2 Built-in NVIDIA GeForce GO 8600M-GT 512MB Video Intel 4965AGN Wireless 802.11a/b/g/Draft-N 54Mbps MiniPCI Card McAfee Anti Virus 7 4 x USB2.0 Port Connectors Built-in 1.3 Mega Pixel Webcam 15.4" WXGA TFT LCD Display 1280x800 Pixels MICROSOFT® AGE OF MYTHOLOGY Intel PM965 + ICH-8M Chipset Mainboard BUILT-IN 1394 IEEE FIREWIRE PORT Li-Ion 6 Cells 4400mAh Battery Pack $1058

Public Comments

1. Yikes that's hard to read. Good laptop, bad operating system. If you're just going to be gaming go with XP over vista. XP gets better frame rates and overall has better benchmarks for gaming than vista.
2. It's a solid laptop. You have discrete graphics, means you have a separate video card not integrated, so you'll have better results in gaming. It really depends on what you want to play, but Halo (which you have) is going to run well. So will Orange Box. Games like Bioshock and Crysis should run fairly well too. For good video card drivers (faster performance), check out www.laptopvideo2go.com/
3. That's overkill for most games out today. And yes put XP on it Vista is still getting bug tests. That looks like a system you would run something big like World of Warcraft or another online MMORPG.
4. Sounds good, just lose Vista as that is a crap operating system that Microshaft is trying to push on everyone like a bad drug. Vista is slower as it is much more demanding on system resources. Dell XPS has an option for XP when you order from Dell.
5. it soudns pretty good, if you could get it with wondows XP tho you should .. Vista is really not built up for gaming right now. but other than thats its pretty good
6. Is that a Dell?
7. Get a faster hard drive, 5400 rpm is wimpy. Put XP on it, not Vista. (If you do get Vista for it, put in more memory as well.) It should play most games well if you make those changes. Without the changes, it's still a decent laptop for gaming.