Pick between these 2 laptops?

http://www.bestbuy.com/...Id=9161028

http://www.bestbuy.com/...Id=7577037

I'm a high school student and need something that is fast and efficient, light, and easy to use. I like the style of the Toshiba but want whatevers better. I will need something for research, youtube, music, netflix, typing and maybe sims 3 and a few expansion packs. Something to get me through high school.

First things first, If you're looking to play the sims 3 I definitely wouldn't recommend either of these. The sims 3 requires a much more powerful hard drive. If you were to play it on one of these, it wouldn't work…

However, the first one seems to meet most of your criteria, also noting that it is more durable than the other one and is also a tablet, which is important for portability.