is this any good?

hemophobic

hi i'm getting a new laptop i'm thinking of getting the compaq a935 since my dad has it and it seems nice. I will mostly use it for college work, internet and games (nothing too demanding on the specs though), might try to play wow on it. Anyone have this and is it good specs for the price? And another thing... is the dvd drive a cd and dvd player/rewriter?

Intel Pentium Dual Core Processor Type T
<LI class=indentFeature>(1.73 GHz, 533 MHz FSB, 1 MB Cache) Genuine Windows Vista (R) Home Premium
2 GB Memory
160 GB Hard Drive

• DVD Super Multi ReWriter Drives
• 17" HD BriteView Widescreen Display
• Wireless Enabled
• Webcam with integrated microphone
• Black/ Silver colour

Full specification
Processor Type Intel Pentium Dual Core T2370
Processor speed 2.1.73
Memory Size 2GB MB
Memory Type DDR 2
Hard Drive Capacity 160GB
Optical Drives Double layer DVD Super Multi ReWriter
Screen Size/Type 17
Graphics Card Type Intel Graphics Media accelerator
Graphics Memory 384 MB
Sound Type 16 bit Integrated Stereo
Wireless EnabledY ES
No. of USB Connections 3
No. of Firewire Connections 0
Infrared Port Included YES
Other Interfaces 3 USB
Battery Type LITHIUM ION
Software Titles IncludedNorton Int Security trial
Weight 3.1 kg
Height 333 mm
Width 2850 mm
Depth 3960 mm
Colour BLACK SILVER

skint999

Good spec, will deffo do what you want it to do. How much?

hemophobic

£449 sorry forgot that part lol

skint999

Yeh it seems like a good laptop and worth the money, check a price comparison site as i think you can get a better deal, as i just had a quick look and found same spec at best for £386.00. But deffo a decent laptop.

weegie.geek

When you say games, what do you mean? That thing won't be able to play anything from the last few years at a sensible frame rate. Processor and memory are fine, but the intel graphics chipset's no use whatsoever.

hemophobic

runescape and sims 2 mostly - will try and play world of warcraft maybe and go on 2nd life

edit - and sims 3 when it comes out