I bought last june, close to a top of the line. Pentium M 1.3GHZ 1 512DDR stick(1 left open for expansion) and 64DDR Moblie 9000. The screen was good, 15.1 SXGA+ and a decent 40GB HD. To my suprise it still can do everything my desktop(R.I.P.) Every game I normally play it can(Far Cry is quite bad though) and all windows apps run just as they were on my desktop. I may be switching to laptops only. This should last at least another year for gamming. This is the first time I have really used my laptop besides lans in a long time.