HP dm4t i5 + ssd or i7?

[boazZz]

this two laptop are same price and model, who u think is better?
both HP dm4t and cost 670$

Intel Core i5-2450M 2.5 GHz
1GB AMD Radeon HD 7470M GDDR5
6GB DDR3
mSSD 32G + 500G 7200RPM
14.0" diagonal HD+ Anti-glare LED-backlit Display (1600 x 900)

Intel Core i7-2640M 2.8 GHz
1GB AMD Radeon HD 7470M GDDR5
6GB DDR3
640GB 5400 rpm
14.0" diagonal High Definition HP BrightView LED Display (1366 x 768)

tnx

 

[neocpp]

Honestly I am more partial to a good screen than raw computing power on a laptop... I would go with the i5 for that reason alone.

EDIT: by good I really mean "highest resolution", since a lot of laptop screens are fairly poor anyways

 

[rabbitz]

i5 for sure... although the ssd is quite small, you can still make full use of it if you are careful and you WILL notice a huge difference in 'speed' and responsiveness. Also, the higher resolution helps a lot.... try going to a store and seeing it for yourself - the difference between 1600x900 and 1920x1080 is not quite noticeable at first but the difference between 1600x900 and 1366x768 is huge.

Money-wise, the i7 is probably a better deal but the i5 version seems to be a more complete package. Anyway if you are still on the fence about it, I believe the i7 only has slightly higher clock speeds (still dual core) and a slightly larger L3 cache; for most people there will not be any noticeable difference.

 

[unokitty]

Better would depend on your intended purpose.

An opinion, I think that the SSD would give you a real performance boost in terms of a much faster boot up. Whether or not you would value that is up to you.

An observation, both of those specifications seem to be light on RAM... Opps, my mistake. I just read the first part where is said 1 GB (Missed the 6 GB...)

Uno

 

[corkyg]

As stated, I would choose the i5. The SSD is anemic, but for OS only, adequate. It can always be upgraded later. 6 GB RAM is very adequate for most laptop work. That is also easily upgraded later.

 

[F1shF4t]

I'd choose the i5 just cause of the higher resolution screen. 1366 x 768 is horrid for any screens larger than 13".

If the SSD is relatively modern than it should give a nice boost.
You can install your OS on the SSD and keep larger programs and all data files on the HDD. You wouldn't be able to tell the difference between the CPUs outside of benchmarks either.

 

[kbp]

i5 and use the SSD as a cache drive. It's really too small for anything else.