Wow. I honestly expected to see more logical and educated responses here. All I see are a bunch of fanboys and cheapskates. To put it plain and simple, I will go with the Core i7 in the future because it possesses the most processing power, it outperforms everything else in reality. I have absolutely nothing against AMD, but they just can't really compete right now. I edit high-definition video for a living, and I can't afford to go cheap or to go with "whatever brand I like more". AMD certainly has its place among the people here that never run any processing intensive programs and want to spend as little money as possible, but their processors aren't competitive right now and aren't all that likely to be in the near future. At least not in any market that I'm interested in.