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I am looking to buy my first lap top and wont high performance.I am looking at the 17" lap tops .I just read that dell has stopped using the 7200rpm in there hard drives-there now using the 5400rpm hard drive does any one no the reason for this?.one review i read said that the 7200rpm drives were faster .i no that hp is still using the 7200 rpm hard drives i wont a fast lap top that will last 3 years are so with out worrying to much about it breaking down .im looking at the 17"Dell and Hp lap tops. i cant make up my mind witch to buy. suggestion please!" if you are a geek on lap tops .dell or hp or other. also been reading about the i 7 processors do they really make that much speed difference over the i3 and i5.or is it just for gaming .

 

7200RPM drives are a BTO option on pretty much any laptop, including Dell. But try this thread "Which Notebook Should I Buy?".

 

If you make a new thread in the "What Notebook Should I Buy" subforum, you would probably get better answers for what you should buy than here, but we can certainly answer questions about processors and other hardware.

I have yet to see that Dell is dropping 7200RPM drives out of their options, I think a lot of people would be angry about that if it was true, and it would be a very stupid move on Dell's part.

As for the processors, the better the processor is, obviously the faster it's going to be, right? It's this philosophy which leads people to end up buying extremely expensive parts that they don't really need, because they are under the illusion that they need the absolute best for their Facebook browsing. Yes, the i7 does make a fair difference over the Core i3 and the lower end i5's, but that's not to say that you need a Core i7. The i7's are also power hungry, produce a lot of heat, and probably provide you with more power than you are going to use. Sure, you could get a Core i7, but is the price premium worth it for the sort of tasks you are doing? For gaming, you wouldn't really see all that much difference between the Core i5 and the Core i7 - the Core i7 will be better in the highly multi-threaded apps but there are hardly any that take advantage of this many threads at this point.

 

thanks a lot for the reply . i didn't no that the 7200 rpm hard drive was a option .in the review i read it didn't say it was now a option just that the 7200 was not a stock driver any more .ill check in the thread you under lined for me to go to .thanks again .