Fusion laptops any good?

Zen_ · Feb 13, 2011

Fusion is finally starting to come on the market in netbooks and low end laptops but I haven't seen any detailed reviews, just first looks and automated reviews.

http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=0354446

Thinking about getting that one but I've never bought a laptop. Would be using it for school this summer, traveling, as a mobile HTPC and maybe some light gaming (Guild Wars, League of Legends, Warcraft 3 perhaps).

Will it have enough juice to decode 1080p x264?
Is the E-350 + HD 6310 enough for light gaming /w low settings?
How long do cheap laptops generally last?
Is Fusion better than the low end Intel mobile products?

Also I've never bought a retail PC of any kind but know they come pre-loaded with a ton of bloatware. Is the windows disk that comes with retail PC's an OEM disk, a restore disk that installs all the bloatware with windows or no disk at all? If it's a restore disk, can I use a regular windows 7 home disk to install a clean copy and use the restore disk key?

Thanks for any answers to these questions :respect:

cdawall · Feb 13, 2011

my athlon L110 and X1270 can decode 1080P for light gaming the 6310 will be good as well

System Name	All the cores
Processor	2990WX
Motherboard	Asrock X399M
Cooling	CPU-XSPC RayStorm Neo, 2x240mm+360mm, D5PWM+140mL, GPU-2x360mm, 2xbyski, D4+D5+100mL
Memory	4x16GB G.Skill 3600
Video Card(s)	(2) EVGA SC BLACK 1080Ti's
Storage	2x Samsung SM951 512GB, Samsung PM961 512GB
Display(s)	Dell UP2414Q 3840X2160@60hz
Case	Caselabs Mercury S5+pedestal
Audio Device(s)	Fischer HA-02->Fischer FA-002W High edition/FA-003/Jubilate/FA-011 depending on my mood
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime 1200w
Mouse	Thermaltake Theron, Steam controller
Keyboard	Keychron K8
Software	W10P

Fusion laptops any good?

Zen_

cdawall

where the hell are my stars