Will upgrade from HP DV7-4040ED to Lenovo Z70-80 be a big (noticeable) upgrade

onnaj

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Hi,

My mother wants to upgrade her notebook, but i'm wondering if it'll be a (big) upgrade after all, performance wise. The screen will be a huge upgrade for sure. She's using the notebook for surfing, word, excel, photo editing and maybe a tiny bit of video editing.

System she has now:
HP DV7 4040-ed (http://support.hp.com/nl-nl/document/c02260462)
Intel i5-450m @2.4 Ghz
AMD HD 5650 graphics with 1GB
4GB DDR3 RAM 1066 Mhz
17.3" TFT LED 1600x900 display
750GB HD @5400 rpm
Singleband 802.11N wifi


Systems she wants to buy:
Lenovo Z70-80 (http://shop.lenovo.com/nl/nl/laptops/lenovo/z-series/z70-80/)
i7-5500U @2.4 Ghz
Geforce 840m graphics with 2GB
8GB DDR3 RAM 1600Mhz
17.3 FHD IPS LED & Anti glare display
1 TB hybrid ssd with 8GB SSD (for cache)
dual band 802.11AC Wifi
reasonably priced @ €799,- (585GBP)


Really curious for your opinions. I think she will notice a bit of an upgrade, but wondering if it'll be a huge difference.

Thanks!