| manuel said: Yes, a laptop would do fine, but he needs/wants a big screen (24''-27'') to make working with several documents side by side easier. Isn't the laptop screen in the way when you connect it to a bigger screen? Another thing is he had 2 laptops (brand products) break on him before so he kinda lost faith in them or so he says. :P |
A desktop would be a much better choice unless he wants something portable of course. You can connect a laptop to a bigger screen, and just use an external mouse and keyboard though, and move the laptop out of the way.
As for original question, yes integrated graphics are fine. Hell my friend bought a $300 laptop from bestbuy with radeon 4250 integrated graphics and he can play oblivion fine on medium. As long as he gets a computer with a modern processor, it should easily be able to handle 1080p video playback, as long as he buys a screen that can handle it as well.
