--the primary use of it will be for work, but i still wanna be able to play somee games fairly well (legions, LoL etc) nothing that would require a super laptop like crysis or anything
17.3" widescreen LCD display at 1600 x 900 native resolution
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
Average battery life: 4 hours, 11 minutes
(if the $699 version doesnt show up, change the merchant to Amazon.com)
toshiba satellites are *dancing* epic. the battery life is a little low, but it's definitely higher than most laptops that are this powerful. assuming you'll only need it unplugged for classes, you should be fine.
either way, you should make an amazon student account with your .edu email address and get a free xbox. you probably wouldn't use it, but its a free xbox! you also save $100 if you buy it with one of these printers and you get dirt 3 for free because it has a new AMD processor
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