I am looking for a laptop that I can do school work, and play Minecraft and Rust, but I dont want to break the bank. Is this the right laptop
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I have been very happy with it. It is heavier than most because of the protection features. I feel i got a steal (classified refurb but it was obviously new.
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I've loved my 8460p. The only thing I regret is not getting the the one with the separate AMD graphics card (I have the integrated Intel 3000 graphics). I think the separate graphics card would make a huge difference in any games/Minecraft. Other than that, it's a top notch laptop that has really done extremely well. I've used mine on average 6-10 hours a day for about 3 years now and haven't had any hiccups.
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The laptop should be fine on School work and Minecraft but I'm unfamiliar with the requirements of Rust. This is a business grade laptop so they usually do not have a really powerful gaming video card in it.
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Based on it's specs, it should be able to run Minecraft. Functional mods shouldn't present a problem, but don't expect to be able to use the mods that add shaders and make Minecraft look incredible. Even my laptop with a dedicated graphics card has trouble with those.
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Yes it can handle minecraft and more it's a really reliable and portable laptop
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My son plays minecraft on it all the time. It is a good computer for gaming.
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Edward,You're very welcome. I ordered it straightly from Amazon one week and a half ago when it was $949. General impression about it - I love it! It is super fast. My previous laptop was based on Core 2 Duo (2 GB RAM) and the difference in speed is very noticeable.
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It does more than just homework... it's basically a moderate gaming computer as well. Plugged in it will run almost any game smoothly. And if it can run a game no question it's good for homework.
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I think this laptop is designed for playing games and watching movies or sth, so it is good for games, but not the biggest ones which need very high hardware configuration. For normal work, I think it is suitable too.
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Well, I am a gamer myself and this isn't the best one for it. I can play minecraft on it with about 15 fps. So this may not be the one. But a Asus K55N can run most shooters, MMOs, and other with medium graphics at the minnimum
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As a student who uses this laptop as a gaming/school laptop, I highly suggest this laptop. The battery for me has been great. The battery lasts around 4-5 hours for me while actively using it.
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I think the lap top will have all that a college student would ever need. My only gripe was Windows 8.I gave it to a college kid, he is happy with it. Its worth the money.
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It's a great little machine, but it is NOT gamer capable. That's totally not the market this is focused at - think of this thing as a modern "netbook". It's fine for browsing the web and general "office" apps, but you aren't going to want to run anything beyond web-based games on it.
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The laptop works pretty good for multimedia! for gaming its ok but it could be better! I haven't installed any of the good games yet, however I try regular games and like I said is ok. I think the RAM can be upgrade!
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It is a nice laptop to be sure, but it is not a gaming rig. In my experience running games on laptops works best if they have dedicated graphics memory such as NVIDIA's GeForce series processors. The laptop you mentioned utilizes the Intel Haswell HD 5000 Series on-board graphics memory, which is good enough for almost any everyday task such as email, web videos and so on. If you are a serious gamer, then buying a laptop with dedicated (or separate) graphics card is a must.
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yes...i'm mechanical engeneering student, and this laptop is working very good to me, i should use programs like autocad, solidworks, pro II, matlab, a lot of units converter, and others math apps..there are some things in windows 8 that i don't really like, but the laptop is too much functional in any work you need..also runs games like prince of persia, assasins creed (1,2,3), World Rally championship in high quality without problems...battery life is good (like 5 hours). I think that 4 cores up to 2.8 Ghz and an AMD radeon 7640G with 512 MB of Graphics memory are a good choice for any student.. yes...i'm mechanical engeneering student, and this laptop is working very good to me, i should use programs like autocad, solidworks, pro II, matlab, a lot of units converter, and others math apps..there are some things in windows 8 that i don't really like, but the laptop is too much functional in any work you need..also runs games like prince of persia, assasins creed (1,2,3), World Rally championship in high quality without problems...battery life is good (like 5 hours). I think that 4 cores up to 2.8 Ghz and an AMD radeon 7640G with 512 MB of Graphics memory are a good choice for any... » Read More yes...i'm mechanical engeneering student, and this laptop is working very good to me, i should use programs like autocad, solidworks, pro II, matlab, a lot of units converter, and others math apps..there are some things in windows 8 that i don't really like, but the laptop is too much functional in any work you need..also runs games like prince of persia, assasins creed (1,2,3), World Rally championship in high quality without problems...battery life is good (like 5 hours). I think that 4 cores up to 2.8 Ghz and an AMD radeon 7640G with 512 MB of Graphics memory are a good choice for any student.. « Show Less
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This laptop will be fine for school use but as far as the games that would depend on the requirements that the game needs to run properly.
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I use this laptop strictly for work and general web browsing. I do not do any gaming with it. Other reviews I read prior to purchasing it, said that it is not the ideal machine for gamers. Hope this helps....
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I bought it for my father-in-law, so I'm not using it all the time. But... I'm thinking it may be that good as a gaming machine. - it does have a good-sized hard drive and a decent processor, but it doesn't have the high end video card that would be best for gaming. It seems to be a good computer and the price was good though.