If you were buying a new laptop and had to choose between more RAM or a more advanced CPU, which would you choose?

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More RAM

Better CPU

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16 GIG RAM with i5 processor

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i7 processor with only 8 GIG RAM?

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Northwest · M

In this particular case, more RAM. The i5 and i7 have the same # of processors (4) and more RAM allows your critical applications to run without to having to swap out to disk (or less swapping to disk). You notice that mostly in word processing, spreadsheets and photo/video manipulation.