Looking for a new Laptop

[jokersheart]

forgive me if this is in the wrong place. I'm just looking for some help on finding a good laptop.
I found one but I want to know if its a good laptop.

I will mostly be using it to play maple story, surf the web, play games on Facebook. I won't be doing any heavy gaming like WoW or anything like that.

Here are the specs to the computer
PROCESSOR : 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i5-3210M processor (3M Cache, up to 3.1 GHz)
OPERATING SYSTEM: Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64Bit, English
MEMORY: 6GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 Memory
HARD DRIVE: 500GB 5400 RPM SATA Hard Drive
VIDEO CARD: Intel® HD Graphics 4000

I was told by a tech that the laptop runs a 2.5ghz processor and that the UP to 3.1ghz is the turbo that kicks in if it needs to.

I want to make sure that aside from the other things I do on the net that it can handle playing Maple.

I know people say to get a desktop but I want a laptop. So please let me know if this is a good computer

thanks for all your help and feedback!

[Tharticus]

This is a good laptop for daily uses except heavy gaming.

[jokersheart]

ok that's good to know. I don't think Maple is considered heavy gaming, So do you think it will run Maple smoothly without so much lag? I know there are other factors involved like internet speed and all that but I just want to be sure.

[Tharticus]

With these system specs, Maple can run smoothly depending on your graphics. If it does get laggy, put it on lower quality. Then vice versa.

[Sayo]

Maple should have no problem running on that laptop. I had a lenovo laptop without a GPU but was still a dual core, and had no problems. Again, as Thart said, don't expect to run any modern gaming at all.

[FailFTW]

With an Intel 4000 you can definitely run whatever Valve makes (Source engine games like TF2, Portal, etc.)

[Wyatt]

Yeah, trying not to repost what the others said.. but it does look "good."
Quotes for as they said, no "heavy" gaming. but I don't expect you to have a $250 headset and 45 games you play hardcore every day.
I managed Maple just fine on a laptop worse than that, that was about 8 years old. You've got plenty of hard drive space for videos, pictures, and any other things people tend to load their laptops with. I played TF2 and LoL on a Intel HD 3000, which is worse than that, and they worked fine. So if you like the cosmetics, and the specs look good to us, I'd say go for it. :P

[FailFTW]

What brand is that laptop by the way? If it's HP, you'd better run before it fails.

[jokersheart]

What brand is that laptop by the way? If it's HP, you'd better run before it fails.

Nah it's not a HP it's a dell.

Thank you all for the feedback. I appreciate it.

[ClericLordLeo]

What is the exact model you are buying?