Please help me decide

[hevynnly]

Not sure if this is the right forum.

I have narrowed it down to one laptop and one PC. I really, really suck at decision making

Desktop pros:
Power (yes, I'm sorry but I need power)
4yr warranty
Costs the same as the laptop.
Repairs likely to be in home.

Cons:
Not portable.


Laptop pros:
Portable.
Can hook it up to my current monitor, keyboard and mouse (Did I mention that I hate laptops )
3yr warranty

Cons:
Not a desktop.
Not as much power as I like.
Even though warranty says in home repairs it would most likely have to be sent out.

Unfortunately the power and portability are very important, but does the portability override the power and the extra year warranty override the portability.

Help


HP Pavilion dv7t Quad Edition customizable Notebook PC
dark umber
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit
2nd generation Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2670QM (2.2 GHz, 6MB L3 Cache) with Turbo Boost up to 3.1 GHz
1GB Radeon(TM) HD 6770M GDDR5 Graphics [HDMI, VGA]
FREE Upgrade to 8GB DDR3 System Memory (2 Dimm)
750GB 7200RPM Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection
No Additional Office Software
No additional security software
Two 9 Cell Lithium-Ion Batteries
17.3" HD+ HP BrightView LED (1600 x 900)
SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support
HP TrueVision HD Webcam with Integrated Digital Microphone and HP SimplePass Fingerprint Reader
Intel 802.11b/g/n WLAN and Bluetooth(R)
Standard Keyboard
2 year limited warranty included
HP Home & Home Office Store in-box envelope





HP Pavilion HPE h8z customizable Desktop PC
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium [64-bit]
AMD FX-8150 eight-core processor [3.6GHz, 8MB L2/8MB L3 Cache]
10GB DDR3-1333MHz SDRAM [3 DIMMs]
FREE UPGRADE to 1.5TB 7200 rpm SATA 3Gb/s hard drive from 1TB
No additional office software
SAVE $20 on Norton Internet Security(TM) 2012 - 15 month
1GB DDR3 Radeon HD 6670 [DVI, HDMI, DP, VGA]
460W Power supply
SuperMulti DVD Burner
Integrated Ethernet port, No wireless LAN
15-in-1 memory card reader, 4 USB 2.0 (front), audio, 2 USB (top rear-facing)
TV tuner, ATSC-NTSC with PVR, remote
Beats Audio (tm) -- integrated studio quality sound
HP wireless keyboard and wireless optical mouse

[mattaggie]

This forum is for people building their own computer. With that said, Id get the Laptop because it has power and is portable. It might help if you specified what programs you run that need so much power.

[glc]

I wouldn't buy a HP laptop or desktop.

[David M]

Apple and Lenovo ranks first in customer satisfaction. HP ranked third overall but customer satisfaction ranks at the bottom with a score of 2. They should have given more weighting to customer satisfaction.

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