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thanks. i didn't know about the boost option for the i7. i suppose i can run in that mode until i use more software the will spread the load over more cores. i am looking for a long term machine. i was using a pentium M 1.6ghz till last week when it decided that it was cool to corrupt hard...

I'm buying a new laptop. I'm looking at a: core 2 quad 2ghz 6MB L3 or i7 720 QM (1.6 ghz, 6MB cache). both will have discrete graphics and 4GB RAM. I'm a little confused as to which would be a faster system. I also don't know if i need to bother with quad core systems at all. would a core 2...