Go look at the display again and while it's small the display quality is very good. It means you can get a small screen with all the benefits of less weight and in my opinion a little tougher laptop.
Most Inspiron 1420s didn't have dedicated graphics and the new MacBook Pro at about the 1K mark is no slouch. I can only guess the gamer wants more. For games I'd stick to consoles and let my laptop be what it is.
Bob
Hi, I'm going into university next year and am hoping to make the switch from an old Inspiron 1420 to a Macbook Pro. My Dell runs fast enough to make browsing and generic multitasking a breeze, but I've had a lot of issues lately (CPU hogging, mostly, and the computer overheats on any graphics card load, like movies or games) and am ready to buy a new laptop. Have fallen completely in love with Apple's designs: I think it's time to become a Mac.

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