Need opinion on a laptop

[Avantel]

I'm going to start off by saying I'm not sure this is the right forum to ask for tips on a laptop (I'm not even sure this is the place to asking for laptop tips at all), but when I was building my PC I got some much needed help from the people here, so this seemed the best place to ask (and yes, I also have a desktop that I built)

 

My current laptop is an old 2008 white plastic Macbook, that while it has worked well enough over these past 8 years, it is getting to a point where it just can't do much of anything. Luckily I was able to build my PC that I use more prevalently, or else I was worried I was going to kill it just by playing League on low settings.

 

I was planning on using money earned working this break to buy some part upgrades for my PC (that aren't needed, I just wanted to), until I cam across this in a Newegg email ad:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834315131 And while I know this laptop isn't going to be breaking benchmarks (it is only listed at $500 after all), but it does seem to offer good specs for the price, most notably, the GPU and monitor, and it seems that it will run what games I have (I think my most intensive is Tera) and function well as a college/personal laptop

 

Now to the overall question of this post: is this a good laptop (for what I need)? And/or does anyone have any suggestions on one that is better with similar or better specs for around the same price? (and I mean $500 or less)

[techguru]

I'm going to start off by saying I'm not sure this is the right forum to ask for tips on a laptop (I'm not even sure this is the place to asking for laptop tips at all), but when I was building my PC I got some much needed help from the people here, so this seemed the best place to ask (and yes, I also have a desktop that I built)

 

My current laptop is an old 2008 white plastic Macbook, that while it has worked well enough over these past 8 years, it is getting to a point where it just can't do much of anything. Luckily I was able to build my PC that I use more prevalently, or else I was worried I was going to kill it just by playing League on low settings.

 

I was planning on using money earned working this break to buy some part upgrades for my PC (that aren't needed, I just wanted to), until I cam across this in a Newegg email ad:http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834315131 And while I know this laptop isn't going to be breaking benchmarks (it is only listed at $500 after all), but it does seem to offer good specs for the price, most notably, the GPU and monitor, and it seems that it will run what games I have (I think my most intensive is Tera) and function well as a college/personal laptop

 

Now to the overall question of this post: is this a good laptop (for what I need)? And/or does anyone have any suggestions on one that is better with similar or better specs for around the same price? (and I mean $500 or less)

for the price it aint bad..but its a really crappy acer..they don't usually last very long...very low quality

 

if you don't mind it maybe dying on you within 3 years..then yea...go ahead

[Dackzy]

Just don't get acer.