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which laptop would you buy if you had the choice between these??

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HP Midnight Black 17.3" Envy dv7-7223cl Laptop PC with AMD Quad-Core A8-4500M Accelerated Processor and Windows 8 Operating System


Is going to be your all around best system.


BEST ALL AROUND


1st place
Pros: max 2.8 ghz clock speed
four cores
4 mb cache
8 gigs ram
huge hdd
largest screen
best gpu capability for movies, rendering, gaming etc.

Cons:
Hp
Integrated APU graphics
*Must run 64 bit windows (not sure if con)

Quad core up to 2.8 ghz 4 mb cache
*8 gigs of ram
750 gigs of hdd space
17.3" screen
and AMD Radeon HD 7640G with 4077 of total system memory


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2nd place

SECOND BEST OR SETTLER IF YOU DONT WANT TO SHELL OUT THE EXTRA HUNDRED OR SO DOLLARS.


Pros...
From previous experience with HPs i would advise staying far far away from them. out of the 2 Dells if your gonna be using it for awhile i would recommend the i5.
 
HP Midnight Black 17.3" Envy dv7-7223cl Laptop PC with AMD Quad-Core A8-4500M Accelerated Processor and Windows 8 Operating System


Is going to be your all around best system.


BEST ALL AROUND


1st place
Pros: max 2.8 ghz clock speed
four cores
4 mb cache
8 gigs ram
huge hdd
largest screen
best gpu capability for movies, rendering, gaming etc.

Cons:
Hp
Integrated APU graphics
*Must run 64 bit windows (not sure if con)

Quad core up to 2.8 ghz 4 mb cache
*8 gigs of ram
750 gigs of hdd space
17.3" screen
and AMD Radeon HD 7640G with 4077 of total system memory


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2nd place

SECOND BEST OR SETTLER IF YOU DONT WANT TO SHELL OUT THE EXTRA HUNDRED OR SO DOLLARS.


Pros: 2.4ghz core clock
3mb cache
two cores/4 threads
6 gigs ram
huge hdd space
large screen
decent integrated graphics

Cons:
Integrated graphics.
Only 2 cores
Integrated graphics


Sparkling Black 17.3" Pavilion g7-2247us

i3-3110M processor
dual core 4 threads 3mb cache 2.4ghz max speed
6 gigs ram
750 gigs hd
17.3"
intel hd graphics 4000

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3rd place

Pros: turbo boost for cpu up to 2.7 ghz
3mb cache
6 gigs ram
Decent graphics


Cons: only two cores
smaller hdd space
smaller screen
integrated graphics


Inspiron i15RV-8524BLK
Core™ i5-3337U Processor
Clock Speed 1.8 GHz Max Turbo Frequency 2.7 GHz
2 cores 4 threads / 3mb cache
6 gigs ram
500 gb hd
15.6 inch
intel hd graphics 4000


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LAST
Pros
6 gigs ram
3m cache
dual core
decent graphics

Cons:
1.9 ghz max clock speed
smaller hdd space
smaller screen
integrated graphics



Dell Black Matte 15.6" Inspiron i15RV-1333BLK Laptop
which has
1.9ghz max dual core 4thread 3m cache
6 gigs of ram
15.6 inch screen
and 500 gigs of hdd
and integrated 4000 graphics








 
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