KASCOM
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I can only echo the above, ASUS are a superb brand with rock solid reliability , is recertified like refurbished then ?
True as that may be, your missing a few key points. A 260m will be bottlenecked just like my 9800m (equivalent to 9600GT desktop) is with a p8400. With a lower res and better CPU the i5 would rip through CPU intensive apps including games and make up for the slight lack of GPU power compared to the 260m. Not to mention DDR3 vs DDR2, future upgradability with core i CPUs (i5 to i7, as opposed to C2D to C2D) ect ect.I am not pushed away by re-certified laptops. It could have just been a return because somebody did not like it. Also, maybe it wasn't fast enough for what they needed it for. Another possibility is that it was defective. Even if that was the case, they can't sell it without fixing the problem.
I ended up buying the laptop for $650. The CPU is good enough and the GTX 260M outperforms the GTS 360M. For the price, I couldn't resist. Even my current CPU (Dual Core T4400) scores a 5.5 in Windows.
Thanks for the recommendations...if money was no issue, I would buy the top of the line ASUS G Series laptop
I didn't even know laptops were upgradable to tell you the truth (apart from ram because I didn't upgrade the ram in one of my laptops). If I did want to upgrade this machine, would I just upgrade the CPU to a faster C2D?