urgent: i5-540M vs i7-720QM vs i7-840QM/SSD vs HDD

I'm buying an HP dv6t se laptop but IDK what combination to do... Pretty much here are the options:

1) Get the best i5 (540M) available with a 160GB Solid State
2) Get the lowest i7 (720QM) with a 160GB Solid State
3) or get the best i7 (740QM) with a regular 7200RPM 500GB....


I don't care about space much, I just want SPEED and BATTERY... I heard SDD makes things snappier and save battery.

Here are the three processors I'm talking about

-BEST I5: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-540M Dual Core processor (2.53GHz, 3MB L3 Cache) with Turbo Boost up to 3.06GHz

- LOWEST I7: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-720QM Quad Core processor (1.6GHz, 6MB L3 Cache) with Turbo Boost up to 2.8 GHz

-BEST I7: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-840QM processor (1.86GHz, 8MB L3 Cache) with Turbo Boost up to 3.2 GHz


All of them come with 6gb of ram and what I mostly do is multitasking so I want lots of ram so that's fine, but I don't know if the i5 would suffice me or if the i7 would make a difference?

I do a lot of web browsing, sometimes I do java programing, I do web designs and some graphics. I do use a lot Adobe Photoshop and Dreamweaver and netbeans (java programming tool) other than that just heavy web surfing, emailing, big powerpoints and word documents.

Any advice?

 

Option #1, without hesitation.

 

Yeah, if you're concerned about battery life, I wouldn't even consider an i7.

 

Definitely the i5. The i7's would wreck your battery life without giving a equal trade off in performance

 

Thank you guys for your feedback! It's greatly appreciated!

 

Are this specs good enough then?

Can someone tell me if this specs are good?

* Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
* Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-540M Dual Core processor (2.53GHz, 3MB L3 Cache) with Turbo Boost up to 3.06GHz
* FREE Upgrade to 6GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
* 160GB (Solid State Drive Flash Module)
* 1GB ATI Mobility Radeon(TM) HD 5650 switchable graphics
* 15.6" diagonal High Definition LED HP Brightview Widescreen Display (1366x768)
* TouchScreen with HP TouchSmart's intuitive multi-touch applications (includes HP TrueVision Webcam)
* Blu-ray ROM with SuperMulti DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
* Intel Wireless-N Card with Bluetooth
* Full-size island-style backlit keyboard with HP TrueVision Webcam + Fingerprint Reader
* 50% OFF! One 6 Cell (standard) and One 9 Cell (over-sized) Lithium Ion Battery
* Microsoft(R) Office Starter 2010
* HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope


OR should I add the i7? or a regular HDD since apparently based on this video http://forum.notebookreview.com/hp-...ect-edition-owners-lounge-97.html#post6460699 the SSD is slower than the HDD....

 

uh.

that video shows the SSD starts up faster than the HDD (SSD is on the left)

the big windows logo in the center isn't the startup logo for windows, that's the background on the lef one

 

if you can afford 8GB RAM I would increase it because it helps Photoshop if you work with large files, although the SSD will help much more.

I also agree with the other posters - i5 + SSD

I bought a touchsmart tm2 a few years ago and I seem to recall using the touchscreen reduced the battery life a little bit, but not too much, but the angle was awkward when it was not flipped over into tablet mode, so unless you're married to the touchscreen, you might consider dropping it to save a little, unless it's required with that model.