Recommendations for Daily Driver Laptop

[theplaidtieninja]

Looking for a daily driver laptop for minor video editing and light gaming. Hopping to keep the budget around $500. I plan on putting Linux on this machine as well. Thanks in advance for the help. 

[Founders]

For $500 this is probably your best bet. It's sold by Best Buy through eBay.

[Aereldor]

1 hour ago, Founders said:

For $500 this is probably your best bet. It's sold by Best Buy through eBay.

Says '0 available', and are we allowed to post ebay links now?

[genexis_x]

Location? Any preferences on weight, battery life and display size? What games do you play?

[Founders]

5 hours ago, Aereldor said:

Says '0 available', and are we allowed to post ebay links now?

Well it was being sold by Best Buy so I figured if would be safe. Here’s the next best one I could find, but it’s $100 more. OP never mentioned region so I’m just making suggestions.

[theplaidtieninja]

15 hours ago, genexis_x said:

Location? Any preferences on weight, battery life and display size? What games do you play?

Located about 2 hours outside of Dallas, Tx. No real preference on wight size or display. I would like a decent battery but not a deal breaker. Games would be very light, probably nothing more intensive than fortnight. 

[Founders]

10 minutes ago, theplaidtieninja said:

Located about 2 hours outside of Dallas, Tx. No real preference on wight size or display. I would like a decent battery but not a deal breaker. Games would be very light, probably nothing more intensive than fortnight. 

This is the only other one I found but it may not be available near you, you'll have to check it out. 

[genexis_x]

Lenovo Thinkpad A485 20MUS07F00

Lenovo Ideapad S540-14API 81NH0058US

If you can increase budget to $550: Thinkpad E495/E595