Illustrator76
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My biggest problem is that the refurbished laptop is the only one (in my price range) that has anything other than the Intel Graphics. I am just very leery about buying a refurbished laptop, especially from Best Buy. I don't know, I keep hearing good things about Dells, I like the HP, but the refurbished thing just keeps bothering me. Do you think that the price on the refurbished laptop is a steal for what I would be getting? If so, then it may be worth it, I don't know. One other thing is that the laptop doesn't have the WiMAX technology built in like the others do.Do NOT buy into the bull@&# that is INTEL GRAPHICS. As much as I hesitate to say, get the HP instead of the other choices. Intel and Graphics just don't mix. I wish they'd get out of the market. Their CPUs rock, but it's taken them how many years to get where nVidia and ATI were almost a decade ago? Ugh!
EDIT: What do you guys think about this one? It has the ATI Graphics chip, but it has the AMD Phenom II processor and not the Intel Core i5. The only thing about this laptop is that PCMag.com gave it a good rating based on it's entertainment features and not it's application performance, which gives me some cause for concern.
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/HP+-+Pa...inum/1260564.p?id=1218243758022&skuId=1260564