Intel Core i7-720QM or Core i5 450M

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I'm gonna buy a new laptop, but got problems figuring out which one will perform better in games and generally?
 
Most games aren't optimized for quad cores,so a faster dual core performs better.However some games mostly RTS games benefit from a quad core CPU.
As for general usage,if you mean web-surfing,watching vids... then there isn't a noticeable difference between them,however tasks like Image/Video editing/rendering benefit from a quad core CPU.
 
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Well, the choice is between two laptops. One with the i7 and the other one with the i5. The laptop with the i7 is 100$ cheaper though, with no difference other than the cpu.