I would go for the one with a dedicate graphics card on board, usually a 1 GB video card, makes a huge difference. And an i3 or i5 would be fine with a dedicated video card.
Don't worry about SSD hard drives, it adds too much more to the price and the drives are too small. Wait until your computer is off warranty then put one in, by that time the prices will have come down and they will be larger.
Me, I would not buy anything lower than an i7, because I do a lot of video work and gaming, so I need the extra power.
I current powerhouse has an Toshiba Qosmio X870 Laptop, i7, Nvidia 3GB video card, 12 GB of ram, 2 x 750 GB hard drives, and its pretty fast. |
