The 17.3 inch screen, 2gb ddr5 graphics card and a i7 2670qm are the main plus points and the 4gb ram and the dvd burner are the let downs. However its fairly cheap and easy to upgrade the ram nowadays. So if you're looking for a powerful 17 inch laptop its pretty good.
Full specs:
Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium 64
Intel® Core™ i7-2670QM - 2.2~3.1 GHz
Chipset: Intel HM65
Memory: 4 GB 1333 MHz DDR3 (1 x 4 GB)Upgradeable to 8 GB DDR3
Storage: 640 GB SATA (5400 rpm)
Display: 17.3” HD+ HP BrightView LED Display 1600 x 900
Graphics: ATI Radeon HD 6770M (2 GB GDDR5 dedicated)
Expansion features
Ports:
1 VGA
1 HDMI
2 USB 2.0
2 SuperSpeed USB 3.0
2 Headphone out (Stereo)
1 RJ-45 / Ethernet
1 microphone in
Optical drive: SuperMulti 8X DVD±R/RW with Double Layer Support
Slots
Multi-Format Digital Media Card Reader for Secure Digital cards, Multimedia cards, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro
Media devices
Webcam-HP TrueVision Webcam with Integrated Digital Microphone
Audio features
Beats Audio™ Quad speakers; Beats Audio™ Audio playback
Communications
Network interface
Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN (RJ-45 connector)
Wireless
802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth wireless networking
Intel Wireless Display Support
Dimensions and Weight
Weight: 3.05 kg
Dimensions (W x D x H): 41.6 x 27.5 x 3.6 cm
Security management: HP SimplePass Fingerprint Reader; Kensington® MicroSaver lock slot
Warranty: 1 year, parts and labour
looks perfect for me but too bad my 2 years old duo cores still works fine :(