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I'm a web developer/photographer, so Visual Studio and Photoshop may be the heaviest programs I use. I currently have a 2.47 GHz Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 desktop and need a laptop which I hope will replace it.

  1. Are both of these improvements on what I have?
  2. Is there much real world difference between the two?
  3. If it came down to i3 + SSD or i5 and no SSD, what would you choose?
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Personally I would choose the i3 and SSD... How much RAM do you have in your current PC?

I run a Q6600 at home with a hybrid-SSD and it's far from slow in Photoshop... 6gb of RAM.

My work PC is much slower - AMD Athlon II X3 440 (3GHz), 3gb RAM.

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thanks for the reply - i currently have 4gb & it runs pretty well. i could get the i5 and upgrade the ssd later if i thought there would be any real world difference to getting an i5 or if the i3 was a downgrade from a Q6600 (which i have found to be great). – Steve Nov 4 '11 at 12:46
Your first option would be my choice, at least that way you are upgrading processor wise followed by SSD, rather than a marginal upgrade with the i3 :) – HaydnWVN Nov 4 '11 at 17:17
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