If you want to do a lot of video editing you probably want a dedicated graphics card. Intel integrated graphics have gotten a lot better but I'm guessing that they will probably still be your bottleneck. Something like this would probably slay what ever you threw at it, has a lot of fast storage and is made of shiny metal. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01CQRNBJG/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01CQRNBJG&linkCode=as2&tag=wiknix-20&linkId=T6JPUWCRMN3RTALO Cheaper, still metal and would probably chug through your workload like a champ. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01578ZKPO/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B01578ZKPO&linkCode=as2&tag=wiknix-20&linkId=B3D6XIIW354SHT4A Do you want an IPS panel and what screen size are pretty important. There is a whole new generation of graphics chips about to come out for mobile. The prices on the older ship set laptops might come down or you might want to get a power and heat efficient new chip set. I know nothing about video editing and I'm sure someone else can tell you a lot more. I'd probably get somthing along the lines of https://www.sagernotebook.com/Notebook-NP8152.html if I wanted a laptop with sinificant power under $1500.