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http://www.ibuypower.com/Store/St-Patrick-Intel-B150 This should be perfect for your needs, especially TF2 :) We do ship to Canada as well!

Hey there! What's your target budget? We can definitely help you out.

For the value, the Sagers/Clevos are a better purchase. However, if you want an Alienware, I would go for it. The difference in performance won't be enormous and you get the brand name and design behind your purchase. Based on your post, you seem to be enthusiastic about the Alienware so I'd say...

A handful of laptops can handle BF4, most of them start at $800 for older generation GPU's. What is your budget and does your son have any laptop preferences (screen size, touchscreen, etc)?

Here are some great choices - http://www.amazon.com/Dell-Inspiron-15-6-Inch-Laptop-i5548-833SLV/dp/B00RH6A0Q4/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1427915885&sr=1-1&keywords=laptop - $631.20 And really, anything in these search results would work for your Dad -...

$100 laptop budget to play Sims 4? I'm not sure that's possible...... You might want to increase your budget to $500 to $600 atleast. $100 laptop is in the range of netbooks, which are not meant for gaming.

Video rendering, the Toshiba will be the best choice. Gaming, the ASUS is the go-to choice.

Can you provide the GPU of your laptop? Or if it has one? You can check typing in "dxdiag" in the run box. Your processor looks fine for gaming!

Without a doubt, the older Macbook Pro with an i7. The difference is between a quad-core processor and a dual-core processor, which is significant. Even if it's older, the older Macbook Pro will outperform the newer 13" Macbook Pro significantly and you will see a tremendous difference in video...

I'd actually go for the Kingston HyperX (The old one, not the new Cloud II) and it should be around the same price. Some of my co-workers use it for the office and gaming, they simply love it! I've tried it on as well and it's quite comfortable, great sound as well, and highly reviewed...

Hey! Generally, MSI's are reliable and known for their price and value. However, ASUS is an equally quality gaming laptop and a huge hit with our customers at iBUYPOWER. To be honest, either brand is fine for your needs, I would just find the best price for the value received. Base on the...

16GB of RAM would be ideal, but increasing the RAM will not cover the performance difference between an i5 and i7. The i5 is definitely fine and 8GB to 16GB RAM is an ideal situation as well.

You can, but it's hard to say the effect of multiple programs on your CPU. The i5 is fine since its a Quad-core, its definitely a great entry-level processor for video-processing. If you have bigger budget, you should opt for the i5-4690K or i7-4790, but this should be fine for now. Editing...

For editing, focus on CPU upgrades like an i7. The SSD is completely unnecessary for performance unless you want faster boot times on your PC/programs. You won't face problems with lag, but obviously, it could lag while multi-tasking. RAM is sufficient for now, but that's also another upgrade...

It depends on what you need from your Mac. Designers use Macs because Adobe software works well with OSX, but aside from that, there aren't any huge differences in performance, just preference in operating system. Macbooks have a great battery life so if that's a concern for you, i'd look into...