Advice on this HP I'm looking to buy?

[jkpfrom93]

Been looking to upgrade from my ancient Acer for quite some time now. I've been looking around a lot of sites for some general ideas and stuff, since I didn't know too much about laptops or specs. I was looking to spend around $600-ish, and I found this deal here in Korea.

It's an HP Probook 4530S(-A9E26PA):
Sandy Bridge i5 2450M (2.5Ghz/3.1Ghz)
15.6" LED (1600x900)
ATI Radeon HD6490M 1GB
4GB RAM
640GB HDD

It's going on sale for $680 in U.S. Dollars. The reviews on the site seem pretty good, but I don't really trust the common consumer.

Would love some feedback, and whether there's a better laptop out there. It's a little over my price range, but it seems worth it seems it looks like I can run BF3 and stuff on it.

Here's a video: Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 Gameplay on HP ProBook 4530s - YouTube

[Andrew Baxter]

Good deal for a business notebook, you probably won't be able to use high settings on the game, especially since it has a 1600 x 900 screen, but if you set game settings to 1366 x 768 and use medium graphics you can run it fairly smoothly. The ProBook is a great line, it's not quite on par in terms of build quality as an Elitebook but still better than average consumer. Go for it!

[jkpfrom93]

Good deal for a business notebook, you probably won't be able to use high settings on the game, especially since it has a 1600 x 900 screen, but if you set game settings to 1366 x 768 and use medium graphics you can run it fairly smoothly. The ProBook is a great line, it's not quite on par in terms of build quality as an Elitebook but still better than average consumer. Go for it!

Thanks a lot for the feedback.

I found that I can get a discount for it at $610.

I'm still looking for some info on whether there would be a better alternative given the price though, just in case. I won't be purchasing for a week or two, so I do have time to check out other options.

[allfiredup]

I found two expert reviews for the HP Probook 4530s- one by LAPTOP Magazine and the other by Computer Shopper.

Both gave it 4.0/5.0 stars and LAPTOP gave it their Editor's Choice Award!

I would have no reservations about buying it, especially at $610!!!