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Originally Posted by biker1
For what the OP stated he was going to use the system for, even an I5 processor is overkill so he most definitely doesn't need the I7. The big difference between I5 and I7 is hyperthreads and he won't be running any apps that can take advantage of that. Both processors have more actual cores than he will ever use. Actually an I3 processor would make even more sense but those tend to be in budget systems and I generally avoid buying the lowest cost version of anything.
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I'm not disagreeing with you on function, but Best Buy currently has 844 different PC laptop computer models for sale. Of those 844 models, 404 of them have an I7 processor, 268 of them have an I5 processor, and only 24 of them have an I3 processor. The rest have an I9 or a different type of processor. So, the most popular laptop processor appears to be the I7.