After having countless problems with the laptop I now have I decided to buy a new one. :p I've done some searching online and came up with this laptop. I'm not the most intelligent person when it comes to computers, but I think this one may be okay. I wanted something small, and it being around 12in is nice. It has a lot of memory, which is something this laptop doesn't have and often causes problems.

My concerns are everything aside from memory and size. I'm not sure how good the graphics card is. I recently bought sims 3 and it can not run well on my laptop and can't run on my desktop at all. I would like to get a laptop that can support it. (Requirements for the game under laptop specs.)

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Enjoy high-definition playback with a 12.1" diagonal HP BrightView LED display. Exquisitely thin and fully loaded with AMD Athlon Neo Processor for Ultrathin Notebooks, 4GB system memory, 500GB Hard Drive, and 512 dedicated graphics memory provides the performance and connectivity you expect in a laptop. Chat online with the HP Webcam and integrated microphone. HP Pavilion dv2-1039wm Entertainment Notebook is exquisitely thin but fully loaded with performance and connectivity features. This lustrous-looking, espresso black laptop is ready to help you do everything in style with the thin and elegant design less than 1" thick and less than 4lbs.


Price - $798.00
12.1" Diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP LED BrightView Widscreen Display (1280 x 800)

AMD Athlon Neo Processor for Ultrathin Notebooks MV-40

4GB DDR2 System Memory

500GB 5400rpm SATA hard drive

External LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD burner lets you create DVDs and CDs with custom labels etched on the LightScribe enabled discs

HP Webcam with integrated microphone make face-to-face chat from anywhere easy

ATI Mobility Radeon HD Premium Graphics 3410 with M82-SE LP with up to 2302MB total graphics memory with 512 MB dedicated

Integrated 10/100Base-T Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 Connector) + Wireless WiFi LAN 802.11a/b/g/n

5-in-1 Digital Media Reader for Secure Digital cards, MultiMedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, or xD Picture cards

Extra protection from data loss with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection

External LightScribe SuperMulti 8X DVD burner lets you create DVDs and CDs with custom labels etched on the LightScribe enabled discs

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THE SIMS 3 MINIMUM HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
FOR WINDOWS XP
* Windows XP (Service Pack 2)
* 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
* 1 GB RAM
* At least 6.5 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content
* 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
FOR WINDOWS VISTA
* Windows Vista (Service Pack 1)
* 2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
* 1.5 GB RAM
* At least 6.5 GB of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content
* 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0
For computers using built-in graphics chipsets, the game requires at least:
* Intel Integrated Chipset, GMA X3000 or above.
* 2.6 GHz Pentium D CPU, or 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo, or equivalent
* 0.5 GB additional RAM
SUPPORTED VIDEO CARDS
NVIDIA GeForce series
FX 5900, FX 5950
6200, 6500, 6600, 6800,
7200, 7300, 7600, 7800, 7900, 7950
8400, 8500, 8600, 8800
9600, 9800, GTX 260, GTX 280
ATI Radeon™ series
9500, 9600, 9800
X300, X600, X700, X800, X850
X1300, X1600, X1800, X1900, X1950
2400, 2600, 2900
3450, 3650, 3850, 3870,
4850, 4870
Intel® Extreme Graphics
GMA X3x00 series


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Will the laptop support it and am I making a good purchase?

Blah, so that laptop is a no go. o.- What kind of CPU should I start looking for? :p

Okay. Thanks a lot Matt.