Hi, I'm getting a laptop for light gaming/ photo editing.
I'm looking to play games that don't need a high amount of RAM or anything. The game that I'll be playing is Minecraft (With Mods).
Here are the Laptops I've been looking at:
http://www.walmart.com/...m/25582170
For video editing and heavy gaming you must have high speed processors in your laptop like intel core i5 or core i7 processors… The range of these laptops starts 600 dollars onwards… Apple MacBook Air is the best laptop for your purpose… It got a very good processor and clock speed… Search out amazon.com for its specifications
Neither of those is good for light gaming.
First of all, i3 processor goes right out the window.
Dell goes right out the window
Walmart goes right out the window
AMD E series goes right out the window.
I can see your budget is 400$, you will want the best bang for your buck, a good AMD APU is the best bang for your buck and comes with actual decent graphics.
http://www.staples.com/HP-Pavilion-15-N028US-15-inch-Laptop/product_275820?PID=5257136&storeId=10001&AID=10435034&SID=ShopAMD&cm_mmc=CJ-_-5257136-_-5257136-_-10435034&CID=AFF%3A5257136%3A5257136%3A10435034
6 gigs of ram, Ultra low voltage for long battery life laptop with actually decent graphics.
http://www.frys.com/product/7533316?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
Dual GPU variant, at 400$ thats actually an amazing price, its worth 650, id Really recommend you not waste a moment and buy it before its gone!
The dell one is the best, I have it and can run attack of the B-Team (It has 113 mods) At 20-30 FPS on max settings, 30-40 on low or medium settings. It gets over 30 FPS maxed out on vanilla minecraft with Optifine. I edit videos for YouTube which may be the same as photo editing or close to it, and it worked fine also.
Dell Black Matte 15.6" Inspiron i15RV-1333BLK Laptop PC is best.
Bought one at a local Wal-Mart for $298. Comes with 500GB hard drive, 6GB RAM, optical drive, Windows 8, 15.6 inch screen. It even has a built-in web camera. No bloatware installed. It's hard to find a name-brand computer at this price with an optical drive. The extra 2GB ram compared to most models at this price-pint is a bonus. The case feels a little cheap, but for the price I can get over it. It's probably not a great gaming computer but for typical use it's great. Considering it has the optical drive and a full-size screen, it is fairly thin and light. A real bargain in my book. I hope it holds up for a while!
from amazon Customer Review