A few weeks have passed now, and I have been playing games on the laptop with the newest Deus Ex Human Revolution which runs ok, but pushes this machine to the limit.  It is pretty good, whether i'll manage to complete it is another story as i keep going back to GTA San Andreas despite it being released in 2005, that game is huge, like absolute massive of a game.  I have not completed it yet and am on mission 67 of 100.  They reckon it clocks in at 45 to 50 hours of gameplay, which would sound correct.  Some missions are a dog, and i have skipped past them, but the majority are worth playing through.  I tried the new GTA, but it really is not as good as San Andreas.  I might come back to it, but to finish SA first would be a good step.