is this a good deal for an i7 laptop $549 @ MC

[brainhulk]

http://www.microcenter.com/product/425810/Latitude_E6330_133_Laptop_Computer_Refurbished_-_Gray

 

[CurrentlyPissed]

With an SSD, yeah that's a pretty good deal.


Keep in mind it's intel integrated graphics. So don't expect much in terms of gaming.

 

[brainhulk]

No gaming. I might do photoshop and edit 1080p go pro videos though. Do you thinl it can handle that?

 

[nwo]

It's a dual core i7, 13" 720p screen, no dedicated gpu, no hdd, refurb. Pretty bad deal imo.

 

[Awesomedude99]

http://www.microcenter.com/product/425810/Latitude_E6330_133_Laptop_Computer_Refurbished_-_Gray

I have a Dell latitude, but an older model, it's a very good laptop, runs really cool and very fast even thou its a core 2 due with 2 gig ram! no problem so far so since i know mine, I'm sure that's a good deal with i7 cpu and more importantly 120 GB SSD, Let alone the laptop itself performance, I think latitude series are the best.
I'm done with dell or i'd get this one

 

[matthewwilson]

No gaming. I might do photoshop and edit 1080p go pro videos though. Do you thinl it can handle that?

It seems to me a nice deal. You can easily do photoshop and editing videos with this configuration. You should grab this deal.

 

[TFchris]

Are i7's really necessary on laptops? both i5 and i7's on laptops are duo cores with HT, and both aren't really up to par with desktop cpu's for video editing anyways.

 

[nwo]

Are i7's really necessary on laptops? both i5 and i7's on laptops are duo cores with HT, and both aren't really up to par with desktop cpu's for video editing anyways.

There are quad core i7s for laptops. The dual core i7s are just a scam imo since they are pretty much identical to the mobile i5s.

 

[matthewwilson]

There are quad core i7s for laptops. The dual core i7s are just a scam imo since they are pretty much identical to the mobile i5s.

I agreed with you. They are pretty much identical. Dual core intel can run better than AMD 8-core CPU.

 

[nwo]

I agreed with you. They are pretty much identical. Dual core intel can run better than AMD 8-core CPU.

Depends on which dual core intel you are talking about. Unfortunately, AMD does not make more than quad cores for laptops.

But if you are talking about desktops, then I partially agree with you. A Haswell i3 does indeed outperform an AMD FX 8350 in pretty much every single benchmark. Only reason I say partially is because Celerons and Pentiums are still dual cores, but they are not faster than AMD's 8 core CPUs.

 

[Keysplayr]

The i7 4700MQ and above are 4core/8thread mobile CPUs. Any mobile i7 below that may as well be called an I5 or an I3 with Turbo. This could not be a more deceiving naming practice.

 

[nwo]

The i7 4700MQ and above are 4core/8thread mobile CPUs. Any mobile i7 below that may as well be called an I5 or an I3 with Turbo. This could not be a more deceiving naming practice.

Agreed!

Intel is very sneaky with their dual core i7 scam.