Laptop configuration : Linux, VM... etc

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Hi,

I'm pondering buying a Dell laptop with an Intel Core i3-4030U processor 
and 4GB of DDR3, 1600MHz RAM.

Benchmark seems decent :  
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i3-4030U+%40+1.90GHz

CPU seems rather good :  
http://ark.intel.com/products/81018/Intel-Core-i3-4030U-Processor-3M-Cache-1_90-GHz

I would like to load Linux on it to use it as a LAMP development box.  
Most of my work is custom PHP, however I may need to spend some time 
with Drupal which is a resource hog.  It is my hope running local-host 
would mitigate some of the Drupal issues.

I might want to use it to edit videos and potentially images.

I was thinking of using a Modern IE  
https://www.modern.ie/en-us/virtualization-tools in a Virtual Box 
https://www.virtualbox.org/ so I can have Internet Explorer for testing.

I don't think I will need any other Windows software, or at least that 
is my hope.

I have not done something like this before so I thought I would ask the 
experts.  Is my approach solid or is there something I am missing or 
should consider?

Thanks in advance,
Keith