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Its Core i5 processor offered solid performance in day-to-day, and considering its price point, this laptop can compete with the best of them.

It offers enough performance muscle for everyday tasks and looks good doing it, too.

The downside is that it relies on integrated graphics and a display panel that can't do 1080p video. This severely hampers one of the primary reasons that people would look to get a 17-inch laptop over more compact 14 to 15-inch models.