is an amd a8 or an i3 processor better for music production?

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Go for the i3, as audio production tends to rely more on the CPU. The APU A8 falls short in CPU performance, hell, AMD processors for the same clock fall short of Intel's in terms of performance. AMD's processor graphics are superior though, and if you game quite a bit it's worth a look.

One note though, that's on hell of a massive i3 laptop. 17 inches?! You might want to consider something smaller if you want portability.