Which laptop is best for gaming?

http://www.frys.com/product/7873019?site=sa:adpages%20page:P20_FRI%20date:012414

http://www.costco.com/...leOptOut=1

I think the first one is better, but I'm no expert so I want some help.
I'll be using this laptop on a daily basis for mainly medium gaming but my budget is tight so there's no way I'm paying for a $1000 laptop. I'll also be using this laptop for school work/art and Facebook/tumblr, youtube etc general internet surfing.
The games I plan to play are Skyrim, Dragon Age (both, and hopefully Inquisition), Minecraft and The Sims. Maybe a little bit of movie streaming, too.
Which laptop is better for what I need and why?

Chu-Chan

Any laptop will do. IF the specs can handle those of the games you intend to play.
EXAMPLE:
Skyrim Specs: (Video Graphics is where most machines fail the test)
You Do need a machine that meets these requirements for Skyrim.
Recommended
•Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)
•Quad-core Intel or AMD CPU processor
•4GB System RAM
•6GB free HDD (Hard disk drive) space
•DirectX 9.0c compatible NVIDIA or AMD ATI video card with 1GB of RAM: Nvidia GeForce GTX 260 or higher; ATI Radeon HD 4890 or higher
•DirectX compatible sound card
•Internet access for Steam activation
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Minimum (get by with) System Requirements
•Windows 7/Vista/XP PC (32 or 64 bit)
•Processor: Intel Dual Core 2.0GHz or equivalent processor (AMD Sempron @ 2.4 GHz)
•2GB System RAM
•6GB free HDD space
•Direct X 9.0c compliant video card with 512 MB of RAM
•DirectX compatible sound card
•Internet access for Steam activation

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