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Yep, no problem with any of those.<br />
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Not sure though what you mean by arts programs though.<br />
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i3 low end<br />
i5 mainstream<br />
i7 business and high end<br />
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See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_i7#64-bit_Core_microarchitecture_based" rel="ugc">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_i7#64-bit_Core_microarchitecture_based</a>&nbsp;for lots more information.
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Yep, no problem with any of those.

Not sure though what you mean by arts programs though.

i3 low end
i5 mainstream
i7 business and high end

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_i7#64-bit_Core_microarchitecture_based [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Core_i7#64-bit_Core_microarchitecture_based] for lots more information.

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for home use, in what circumstance will i7 make a difference compared to i5? would i be right to assume that for normal home usage, i5 will be just as fine as i7?<br />
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by home use, i mean photos/youtube, outlook, firefox, misc arts programs etc
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for home use, in what circumstance will i7 make a difference compared to i5? would i be right to assume that for normal home usage, i5 will be just as fine as i7?

by home use, i mean photos/youtube, outlook, firefox, misc arts programs etc

i5 vs i7 homeuse

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