I am a soon-to-be architecture student in the need of a laptop for college which can support all the programs and tasks that are required. 

Minimum requirements for some schools such as TTU are: 

• Processor: Intel® Core™ i7 quad-core processor, 2.4Ghz or greater
• Memory: 8GB DDR3
• Hard Drive: 750GB or greater
• Display: 15 inch or greater (1366x768 or higher resolution)
• Video Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 540M or AMD Radeon 6770M
• Networking: Wireless 802.11N and 10/100/1000 Ethernet
• Operating System: Windows 8 or Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium, or OSX Lion or Mavericks

I don't have a very high budget however; it's around $500-$700 and I've been looking at some laptops including these:

http://www.walmart.com/ip/HP-Anodized-Silver-17.3-Pavilion-17-e119wm-Laptop-PC-with-AMD-A10-5750M-Quad-Core-Processor-8GB-Memory-1TB-Hard-Drive-and-Windows-8.1/34083877

http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/347537/HP-Pavilion-17-e135nr-Laptop-Computer/?cm_cat=9100000000

http://shop.lenovo.com/us/en/itemdetails/59400022/457/78110F2FFD8E8559C6400A5340008B64

Any suggestions?