HP Pavilion vs Omen

[Darth Washington]

I'm looking for a fast business laptop. I like the keyboard and mousepad on the HP's, specifically the Pavilion and the Omen. I can get 16GB RAM, 1TB HDD, i7 6700HQ on both of them, but the Omen is about $150 more. Is there anything that makes the Omen a better choice than the Pavilion? Speaking in terms of the 2016 models here. Is there a better choice of laptop in the $1k range with the above specs? I'm very picky about mousepads, and I like the HP ones.

Edit: I'm looking for a 17" model, prefer no touch screen but not entirely against one.

Thank you!

 

[Darth Washington]

You would better off getting a new GTX 1060 or 1070 on a laptop. Performance should be much better than those.
https/www.amazon.com/MSI-GE72VR-Apache-Pro-009-i7-6700HQ/dp/B01IO9Y9MI/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1471625134&sr=1-5&keywords=1060
https/www.amazon.com/GE72VR-Apache-i7-6700HQ-Geforce-Windows/dp/B01JN4B1B0/ref=sr_1_8?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1471625134&sr=1-8&keywords=1060

1060 should be enough but a 1070 will be a bit more pricey.

Thanks for the reply! I'm not sure I'll need that much GPU, I will be doing a bit of 3D modeling, but for the most part I will be doing software development, lot's of MS Office work, accounting, etc. Not really much gaming, but a bit here and there. Do you think the extra cost is worth it for the 1060/70 with that in mind?

 

[Darth Washington]

How much is the omen/ hp pavillion. An extra cost would be helpful and gives you a futureproof. If you do not like spending that much then a 960m should do the job fine.

Pavilioin is about $930, Omen is about $1090. It seems like the hardware is identical between the 2, but I'm not positive. I did the customize thing on HP and selected same processor, ram, and hdd so I would expect the prices to be closer to each other.