Suggestion​s for new laptop

Hi. I need a little help picking out a new laptop and have no idea where to start.   I would use it for internet, photos, games and video. Any suggestions on what I should be looking for? I have a budget and would like to stay with a Windows based OS, preferably Windows 7 with the possibility of upgrading to Windows 8. Any help would be greatly appreciated.   Thank you.
Please forgive me if this post is in the incorrect part of the forum.

This is a pretty nice laptop that will everything you want it to and meets your budget: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/probook-15-6-laptop-4g​b-memory-500gb-hard-drive/9177226.p?id=12189926620​...
It not only has a better i5 processor (most of the other ones I seen in this price range had the lower end i3's) and while providing a better CPU it also has a faster hard drive at 7200rpm vs 5400rpm. Faster hard drives means the faster they access your stored data so the system feels more responsive. And it includes Windows 7.
The only slight draw back is it is Windows 7 32-Bit not 64 Bit. But that can be solved easily. The windows product key that ships with your computer is both 32 and 64 bit. So all you need is the 64 bit installation media (which MS offers as a free download, if you use google search you can come up with links to the direct downloads). So if you wanted the 64 bit OS you could do it if you know how.

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