Samsung 900X3C
intel core i7-3517U
intel hd graphics 4000
Win 7 Pro 64 bit
4 GB DDR3-1600 MHz
I'm playing in a windowed mode. I'm suprised because so far so good. I will probably be updating my laptop to a gaming one in near future though.
Indeed, though ten days for the poison to work is still quite a lot of time (you can basically do all the 5th chapter sidequests related to Baldur's Gate before completing that one).