Should I Keep My dv7-1183cl

Hello Everyone,

I am brand new to this site and wish I had come across it before I purchased my new laptop. I plan to use it in a virtual assistance business (using mostly MS Office suite and eventually website design and podcasting), will watch the occasional dvd, and have no intentions to play games so I guess I don't need maximum available power. Two weeks ago I purchased from Costco a HP dv7-1183cl for $1,199 with the following specs:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor P7350 (2.0GHz)
3MB L2 cache
1066MHz front side bus
4GB DDR2 SDRAM (both slots occupied)
500GB (5,400RPM) SATA Dual Hard Drive
Blu-Ray™ ROM with SuperMulti DVD±RW Double Layer (in one optical drive)
17.0" diagonal WXGA+ BrightView Infinity widescreen display; 1440 x 900 native resolution
512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600M GT graphics​

Starting today Costco will offer the HP dv7-1273cl for $999 (using $200 coupon). The specs for this machine:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T6400 (2.0GHz)
2MB L2 cache
800MHz front side bus
4GB DDR2 SDRAM (both slots occupied)
500GB (5,400RPM) SATA Hard Drive
Blu-Ray™ ROM with SuperMulti DVD±RW Double Layer (in one optical drive)
17.0" diagonal WXGA+ BrightView Infinity widescreen display; 1440 x 900 native resolution
512MB NVIDIA® GeForce® 9600M GT graphics​

For my planned purposes, should I return my original machine, buy the dv7-1273cl and have the difference refunded? As far as processors go, will there be a noticeable, if any, difference in performance?

All help will be appreciated.

condo418

 

keep it, the one on sale is slower. and the p versions useless power and produce less heat. but if that extra 200 means that much to you by all means get the new one. but if it were me i would keep the one you have.

 

Thanks for getting back to me Reaper05. I took a quick trip to Costco yesterday and I've decided to keep my dv7-1183cl. The new one doesn't have the infinity screen and just doesn't look as sleek to me.