looking at a hp laptop

[ckav2014]

would this laptop http:// be suitable for these uses:
Skype
mine craft
visual studio
Photoshop (for graphics design)

 

[boosted1g]

for minecraft NO
for everything else YES

mine craft still requires a half decent GPU to play. The intel 4600 is the integrated graphics on the chip.

Unfortunatly in the laptop space there is no middle ground. In short: can game, has good cpu, < $900 - PICK 2

To stay at $600 or bellow you will have too look at AMD A8/A10 cpu laptops which will have decent enough GPU to play minecraft, but will be slower overall and not do photoshop nearly as well as even an i3 procssor.