How good of a laptop is this?

[eighty8keys]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/391131086273?ru=http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_nkw=391131086273&_rdc=1

It seems like a really good deal to me. It has 1080p resolution, 12gb RAM, a backlit keyboard, and an i5-4210 processor.

I'm coming from a Lenovo B50-30 Touch (http://www.amazon.com/LENOVO-B50-Touch-Screen-Laptop/dp/B00M64Z8IC).

The only game I really would want to play on it would be the Sims 4.

I'm a college student who's about to start a computer science major next semester. How good would this be for programming?

 

[okcnaline]

Neigh... For $499 I'd look for better. I think you can find this bad boy if you bid for it.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/2015-Dell-XPS-13-9343-13-3-CORE-i3-5010U-4GB-128GB-SSD-1080P-INFINITY-WIN-8-1-/261880315700?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cf9487f34

 

[eighty8keys]

I don't want a refurbished computer and doesn't that computer have less storage, a lesser processor, and much less RAM? Plus, I want to order from a place that I can get a protection plan for the laptop as well.

 

[okcnaline]

Um... Better GPU, much faster storage, upgradable RAM, and CPU's only missing TurboBoost? This is quite a nice laptop. Oh, and this is an added bonus...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8211HNs4eY

 

[jaguarskx]

The Dell Inspiron 5000 is pretty decent for the price, but I am not sure if you will be able to play Sims 4 at 1080p with decent performance. Since you are relying on integrated graphics you may need to lower the resolution to 1600x900 or 1366x768 to get decent performance.