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Which computer? i5 or i7?

On dell.co.uk I've created 2 different computers, and one hP which is better for the price they are at: PROCESSORIntel® Core™ i5 -750 (2.66GHz, 8MB)edit OPERATING SYSTEMEnglish Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium (64 BIT)edit MICROSOFT SOFTWAREMicrosoft® Works 9.0 - Englishedit SECURITY SOFTWARENorton Internet Security™ 2010 - 15 Month Protectionedit MONITORDisplay Not Includededit MEMORY6144MB (3x2048) 1333MHz DDR3 Single Channeledit HARD DRIVE320GB (7200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive with 16MB DataBurst™ cacheedit GRAPHICS CARD1GB NVIDIA GeForce GT220 (DVI, VGA, HDMI)edit OPTICAL DRIVE16X DVD+/- RW Optical Drive for Win 7edit KEYBOARDUK/Irish (QWERTY) Dell Standard Quietkey USB Keyboard Blackedit MOUSEDell 2 Button USB Optical Mouseedit Services & Software SUPPORT SERVICES1Yr Collect & Return Warranty - No Upgrade Selectededit Accessories SPEAKERSNo Speakersedit FLOPPY/MEDIA DRIVESNo Floppy Driveedit MODEMSNo Modemedit Also included with your system BaseVostro Desktop 430 Power Cords2 Meter Power Cord - UK Documentation/DisksEnglish - Documentation Vostro Desktop BundleD014302 Standard Warranty1 Year Collect and Return Order InformationVostro Desktop 430 Order - UK Dell System Media KitVostro 430 Resource DVD - (Diagnostics & Drivers) for £500.94 OR PROCESSORIntel® Core™ i7-860 (2.80GHz, 8MB)edit OPERATING SYSTEMEnglish Genuine Windows® 7 Professional (64 BIT)edit MICROSOFT SOFTWAREMicrosoft® Works 9.0 - Englishedit SECURITY SOFTWARENorton Internet Security™ 2010 - 15 Month Protectionedit MONITORDisplay Not Includededit MEMORY4096MB (2x2048) 1066MHz DDR3 Single Channeledit HARD DRIVEDrive 500GB Serial ATA non Raid (7200 Rpm)edit GRAPHICS CARD1GB NVIDIA GeForce GT220 (DVI, VGA, HDMI)edit OPTICAL DRIVE16X DVD+/- RW Optical Drive for Win 7edit KEYBOARDUK/Irish (QWERTY) Dell Standard Quietkey USB Keyboard Blackedit MOUSEDell 2 Button USB Optical Mouseedit Services & Software SUPPORT SERVICES1Yr Collect & Return Warranty - No Upgrade Selectededit Accessories SPEAKERSNo Speakersedit FLOPPY/MEDIA DRIVESNo Floppy Driveedit MODEMSNo Modemedit Also included with your system BaseVostro Desktop 430 Power Cords2 Meter Power Cord - UK Documentation/DisksEnglish - Documentation Vostro Desktop BundleD014303 Standard Warranty1 Year Collect and Return Order InformationVostro Desktop 430 Order - UK Dell System Media KitVostro 430 Resource DVD - (Diagnostics & Drivers) for £547.52 OR HP pavillion Processor Intel® Core™ i5 processor 750 Chipset: Intel P55 PCH Memory 4GB DDR3-SDRAM 4 DIMM sockets Hard Drive 640GB SATA 3G – 7200rpm Optical Drive DVD writer SATA DVD RAM and Double Layer supporting LightScribe technology Software Operating System: Genuine Windows 7® Home Premium 64-bit Microsoft® Works and Microsoft® Office Home and Student 2007 60-Day Trial Version Microsoft® Internet Explorer; Windows Mail Display Monitor Not Included Graphics NVIDIA® GeForce™ GT220 with PureVideo® HD technology 1024 MB dedidated memory, up to 2815 MB total available graphics memory as allocated by Windows 7® Video adapter, bus 1 PCI-Express 16x Audio High Definition Audio 7.1 Input Devices Keyboard and Mouse Networking Network interface Integrated 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN Dimensions Width 175 mm Depth 414 mm Height 387 mm Weight: 9.60 kg Interfaces 8 x USB 2.0 ports (2 in front); 1 x FireWire®-IEEE-1394 ports (1 in front) Expansion 3 PCI-Express 1x (3 free) Warranty 1 Year Manufacturer Warranty £557

Public Comments

1. Get the i7. The i5s are already 'obsolete'. Personally, I will be getting an i7 (model number to-be-determined) in the next 3 months. .
2. i7 (windows 7) i5 has a really slow processer