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Hello,
I'm looking to purchase my first laptop and would appreciate some help on choosing one. My budget is $600 and it will be used mainly for web browsing, video streaming, and playing World of Warcraft.
The only preferences I have are:
- 15 inch monitor or larger
- at least 4mb of RAM
- an optical drive
- at least 500gb HDD

Any suggestions would be great, thanks!
 
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Don't get the integrated graphics model that was previously suggested. Integrated and gaming don't go together.
Here's the best budget gaming laptop under $600, if you need an optical drive you can simply purchase an external optical drive online for ~$30 (it's not a surprise nowadays that less laptops include optical drives because who really uses CD's frequently at this moment?)
http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/model/NX.MCTAA.005

Windows 8 - 64-bit version - AMD quad-core A10-5757M accelerated processor (2.5GHz/3.5GHz w/ TurboCORE) - 8GB DDR3 memory - 1TB hard drive - 15.6" widescreen CineCrystal™ LCD display (1366 x 768) - AMD Radeon™ HD 8750M graphics - AMD A76M Fusion chipset - Dolby® Home Theater® v4 audio enhancement - Acer...
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Don't get the integrated graphics model that was previously suggested. Integrated and gaming don't go together.
Here's the best budget gaming laptop under $600, if you need an optical drive you can simply purchase an external optical drive online for ~$30 (it's not a surprise nowadays that less laptops include optical drives because who really uses CD's frequently at this moment?)
http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/model/NX.MCTAA.005

Windows 8 - 64-bit version - AMD quad-core A10-5757M accelerated processor (2.5GHz/3.5GHz w/ TurboCORE) - 8GB DDR3 memory - 1TB hard drive - 15.6" widescreen CineCrystal™ LCD display (1366 x 768) - AMD Radeon™ HD 8750M graphics - AMD A76M Fusion chipset - Dolby® Home Theater® v4 audio enhancement - Acer ZoomPerfect touchpad - webcam - Wireless - Bluetooth® - HDMI® - USB 3.0 - Acer converter port - card reader - 4.5-hour battery - 1-year limited warranty. Color: Cool Steel

I was originally going to get that laptop but I opted for a different one that is more expensive because I was looking for more features such as 1080p (I do photo editing and tons of school work). But for gaming, you shouldn't notice the difference in 720p vs 1080p.
 
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You're paying for an i7 processor, but no dedicated graphics card.
The A10 in the Acer will do fine and also the dedicated graphics card is essential for gaming.

If you're not gaming and you're just doing editing and such, that Toshiba will be fine.
But if you're planning on gaming with that Toshiba, that is a huge downgrade.

Also, I've never had ANY great experience with Toshiba laptops and I always find you can get so much better performance from other laptops so whenever I search for laptops I exclude Toshiba right off the bat.
 
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No problem, after days of research on a budget gaming laptop I always came right back to that Acer. It offers the best performance in that price range.
 
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