True but that laptop is great for the money, I've got nearly the same one and I can run FEAR at native. For college you WILL need a laptop. You're going to be tying yourself down if you only have a desktop. My advice would be to buy that particular laptop. You can upgrade the ram to 2gb easily enough and it'll play games great for a while. If you're a big gamer then worry about getting a dedicated gaming rig later.