<p>If you want to get the HP Envy 14, skip the i7. There are two completely different mobile i7: i7-600 series and i7-700,800, and 900 series. All the i7-600s are dual core (the’re same as i5 cpu in terms of architecture but they have higher clock speed), and the rest are quad cores (completely different architecture). The i7 in the envy is a quad core @ 1.6GHz. It has no integrated graphics, so you don’t get switchable graphics, and it’s a power hungry CPU (which invariably means less battery life).</p>