This laptop is very good, a replacement to a desktop. It can be used for long priods of time. The bad points are just the weight and that it heats up, but so as most of the P4s.
I was actually looking for spares for my laptop but as it turned out, I managed to fix this broken laptop and get it working. Packard Bell laptops are fairly reliable work horses. Slow to boot and noisy but they get the job done.
If you can pick one up cheap then I would recommend them but if they're expensive, you may be better off elsewhere.
This laptop has all the usual standard features you would find on a machine for its time, its coming up to around 4 years since they were first launched. The laptop is quite heavy in big bulky plastic housing but a laptop of its power is usually pretty large. They have a good screen but unfortunately do not come with wifi and the battery doesnt last very long until it needs replacing.