Hello, I am looking to buy another laptop and I am curious as to whether these can run The Sims 2 or the Sims 3. All of my choices are Windows 8. Thank you so much, apologies if this is against the rules.
This one is a Dell - Inspiron 17.3" Laptop:

8GB DDR3 memory
Multiformat DVD±RW/CD-RW drive
1TB Serial ATA hard drive (5400 rpm)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M graphics
3rd Gen Intel® Core™ i7-3630QM processor


Toshiba Satellite S855D-S5148 :
AMD A-Series Quad-Core A10-4600M, 2.30 GHz and up to Max Turbo Speed of 3.20 GHz
8 GB DIMM RAM
1 TB 5400 rpm Hard Drive
15.6-Inch Screen, AMD Radeon HD 7660G Graphics

Samsung Series 5 NP550P5C-S02US:
Intel Core i7-3630QM Processor (2.4 GHz)
8 GB DDR3 RAM
750 GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive
15.6-Inch Screen, NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M Graphics

Here you go. Sims 3 doesn't really care what brand your computer is. What matters is the processor type, RAM and MOST important your Video card needs to support the Sims. Unfortunately many laptops don't have the right video cards/processors. Try this link. It's about supernatural but it applies to all the EPs.

https://help.ea.com/au/article/the-...em-requirements
PC System Requirements
Operating Systems: XP SP2 / Vista SP1 / Windows 7
CPU: For XP 2.0 GHz P4 processor or equivalent; For Windows Vista and Windows 7 2.4 GHz P4 processor or equivalent
RAM: For XP 1 GB RAM / Windows Vista and Windows 7 1.5 GB RAM*
DISC DRIVE: DVD drive
Hard Drive: At least 3.5 GB** of hard drive space with at least 1 GB additional space for custom content and saved games.
Video: 128 MB Video Card with support for Pixel Shader 2.0

*For NVIDIA ION™ computers, the game requires at least 2.0 GB RAM.
**9.6 GB of hard drive space if installing with The Sims 3.
Supported Video Cards: Nvidia GeForce 6 series or better, and all NVidia G, GT, GTS, and GTX video cards. ATI Radeon™ series card 9500 series or better, and all ATI X, X1, and HD video cards; Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA): GMA 3-Series, GMA 4-Series

Please note that the GeForce 6100 and 7100 cards are not supported.


Mac System Requirements
Operating Systems: Mac OS X 10.5.7 Leopard or higher
CPU: Intel Core Duo Processor
RAM: 2 GB RAM
DISC DRIVE: DVD
HARD DRIVE: At least 3.5 GB* of free space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games.
VIDEO: ATI X1600 or NVIDIA 7300 GT with 128 MB of Video RAM
INPUT: Keyboard, mouse

*9.6 GB of hard drive space if installing with The Sims 3

Supported Video Cards: Nvidia GeForce 6 series or better, and all NVidia G, GT, GTS, and GTX video cards. ATI Radeon™ series card 9500 series or better, and all ATI X, X1, and HD video cards.

Please note that the GeForce 6100 and 7100 cards are not supported. The NVIDIA GeForce 7300 series is unsupported under Snow Leopard. This game will not run on PowerPC (G3/G4/G5) based Mac systems, or the GMA 950 class of integrated video cards.

Laptop versions of these chipsets may work, but may run comparatively slower. Standalone cards that are installed in vanilla PCI slots (not PCIe or PCIx or AGP), such as some GeForce FX variants, will perform poorly.
Integrated chipsets such as the ATI Xpress and the NVIDIA TurboCache variants may default to settings that are higher than what would be optimal for them. Graphics settings can be lowered to improve performance.