Is the Compaq Presario V2656AU good?????

I have another Hp laptop already and I am impressed by it
it has 2gb ram
120gb hardrive
256mb Ati graphics
Intel Core 2 solo
1.5mp buil in cam
Wi-fi
10/100/1000 ethernet
Bluetooth
Dvi-out,Analogue out,S-video out
which was 2595au
but i was thinking of buying another one just for like cheap apps like word media player etct.etc and maybe sims 2 so i want to make sure is this laptop good enough for that and is it good overall
Compaq Presario V2656AU
1.8ghz AMD Sempron
128mb Ati Xpress200M graphics based on X1300 PCi express x16
2.0 built in Altec lansing speakers
DVD/CD-RW
40gb hard drive
6cell battery
14.1INCH widescreen WXGA
512mb DDR ram up to 2gb
WI-FI 802.11
for 998au
so my 3 questions
1)is this a good laptop overall
2)will it be fast in like windows eg.startup etc browsing my computer
3)will it be able to run sims 2