The laptop isn't that bad, imho. But being a fresh-out-of-college kid myself, I'll toss in a few thoughts into buying a computer: If you could get away with it buy a laptop and a desktop, and I'll tell you the reason's why.
First, you mentioned that you like to game, and IMHO, nothing beats a stand-alone (and preferably hand-built) desktop for your gaming needs. If I had any bigger brains in my freshmen year, I would have built a college gaming PC, and picked up a very inexpensive laptop (probably second hand) just to tag along to the classroom. My laptop became fairly obsolete after my freshmen year, the HDD being too small for all the media files I started "acquiring", and the graphics card just can't keep up with the games at that time.
Right now, you could built/buy a gaming desktop, and for a mere ~200, get an inexpensive netbook to take to class and type notes in.
The reason I said this is that I bought a 'gaming laptop' to college with me, and trusted it to do double-duty. Well, for the gaming prowess of a desktop-grade processor being crammed into a laptop meant that my battery life was pathetically low, and I was lugging around 11lbs of weight just to have the convenience of a computer being with me. After my first semester, I just parked my laptop on my desk, and just relied on hand-written notes.
Speaking of battery life, that website of yours didn't mention any. How long are your classes to begin with? Would you have a long enough of a battery life to last you through the day? Would you be fighting over other comp-engineers in your classroom for AC outlets? I didn't really consider this question until the start of my college career.
Maybe your have a budget issue or space issue and you could only buy this one laptop. Coolios, since I believe this baby has enough power to play Crysis 2 if you want to. I'm just letting you know that sometimes, you really can't have your cake and eat it too.
