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    Confused about i5 vs Phenom II Laptops, please help

    I've been hearing the same thing about the current CPUs, that even the p6100 will be fine for my needs. Do you agree? Also, could you please tell me how a solid state drive (I'm assuming that's what you mean by ssd) will improve the performance of the laptop? I'm not too familiar with ssd's...
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    Confused about i5 vs Phenom II Laptops, please help

    Necrolezbeast, thanks for the reply. You aren't too late, it’s good to know the integrated graphics chip better than certain ATi chips. Also, I haven't bought anything yet, actually, I take that back: I failed to disclose that I bought G72 from Sams Club (P6100, 17.3" screen 4GB RAM...
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    Confused about i5 vs Phenom II Laptops, please help

    Thanks for looking into these laptops and the explanation of the core differrences / clock speeds. I'm not completely sold on the HP though, I'm not sure why, maybe I was hoping you'd suggest going with the i5 or the quad core. I guess a good idea would be to go to Best Buy and take a look at...
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    Confused about i5 vs Phenom II Laptops, please help

    Hello All, I'm in the market for a new laptop and am getting confused the more I read / research. I'm not sure if I should buy an i5 or an Phenom II (3 or 4 cores). I would like to buy a laptop that'll hopefully last at least 3 years if not more. Also, for our basic computing needs, we're...