WHAT'S A DECENT LAPTOP FOR SIMPLE GAME-DEV AND PIXEL ART?

A have a few questions for you first. do u draw with a mouse? If u don't are u gonna wanna lug a waccum drawing tablet with you everywhere(or what ever yours is)? Do u want a laptop with a touch screen?is it 572 American or Canadian?

Here is a website with a list of the best cheap laptops on the market http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2371334,00.asp
I hope this helps

For pixels, p. much anything is going to be fine. Game dev... assuming small-scale low fidelity and not polygon based stuff, you're probably fine with any old thing.

I'd recommend a touch screen with a stylus, myself; it's so much easier to do art with a stylus than with a mouse, even doing pixels.

My two cents are to value construction over power. It's really pain to have a clunky laptop and with this budget it won't be 'need for speed' machine anyway.
FullHD display is quite a deal when doing graphics too. I find some 14 inches as an ideal compromise between dispaly's size and portability.
And yeah a poteto with a hardrive should be able to run aseprite and pyxel.

author=Mirak
Curiously i have a harder time doing pixel art with my tablet than i do with my regular mouse.

I just know that once I started using my Intuos for pixelling, it got SO MUCH FASTER.

author=Luiishu535
Using a tablet is more ergonomic for the wrists, right? Thinking about it, isn't it a lot harder to hit individual pixels using a tablet? A lot of pixels tend to be pretty small. xD

It's possible that tablets work well for artists that have experience with drawing, though.

Zoom in for more precision. It's mostly not been a problem after getting used to it.

A lot of the speed in tablets is that, instead of moving the cursor all over, you just immediately hit whatever you need.

Of course this is all my own personal experience, so YMMV.

I've seen a few laptops on Gearbest under a hundred dollars with specs fully capable of running graphics gale and rpg maker (i mean anything is fully capable of running graphics gale and rpg maker unless its MV)
Plus you can buy one of the chinese alternatives to wacom such as Huion, Yiynova, Ugee and Parblo. Reviews say they are pretty nice and not too inferior to wacom (whilst being only a fraction of the price)

I won't go this route though because basically import taxes for anything over 50 dollars in brazil = ~92% of the product price. at double the price i can buy a decent restored computer on Mercado Livre which will arrive in a week, as opposed to 2-3 months (since anything import has to stay for months in the Alfandega)

I have ASUS P Series P2540UA which is powered by Intel I5 4430 with 8GB RAM. I guess this spec would really fit on you since i do not have any problem on running photoshop. I just do not like the weight that feels so heavy to carry around and the display is not that good.

Good luck, breh!

Good luck!