Getting a New Laptop

I have around 900 dollars that i'm willing to spend on a laptop that i'm going to use for minor video editing and just everyday use aside from that.
I was looking into the HP - Pavilion Laptop with Intel® Core™ i3 Processor - Espresso Black - dv6-2155dx- 4Gb ram and 500gb hard drive. But now it has been taken off the website.
Are there any other suggestions for a new laptop? preferably with at least 4-6gb of ram and 2+Ghz of processor speed.

@davidg I agree with No121Else, the HP's will work out great. Though I would recommend the i5 over the i3 for video editing purposes. Though I have a Mac, whenever I use iMovie my computer always runs slower, as i'm requiring more processing power. The i5 has turbo boost technology, that speeds up the computers processing power when you are doing things like video editing, to ensure that you have the same smooth experience. The i3 is great and still has 4-way multitasking (hyperthreading), but the i5 will be even better. The i7's are more in the $999 range, but I would even recommend you looking into it as well. It's our top of the line processor, has turbo boost and has 8 way multi-tasking. On this processor doing things like downloading music, streaming videos and video editing at the same time should run just as smoothly as writing a word document in Microsoft. lol That last analogy and is my view and no way the official views of Intel, but I hope now you can see the difference between the different levels of processors.
-Tim
I am an Intel employee and state that my opinions are my own personal opinions and are not made on behalf, or to represent, Intel.

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