Macbook Pro vs HP Envy beats edition?

Can't decide which laptop to get for school - Here are the specs.



i5 MBP (2.3ghz, 4gig of ram, 320gb sata hd, Intel HD Graphics 3000, 8mb of L3 cache)



or a



i7 HP Envy 14 beats edition (1.73GHz, 6gig ram, 750gb sata hd, 1GB DDR3 ATI Mobility Radeon, 6MB L3 cache)



Any performance differences? hope you can help me decide.Macbook Pro vs HP Envy beats edition?
The HP has a bit slower of a processor, but a third more RAM, over double the hard drive space, a dedicated graphics card (So it could do handle more gaming and visually intense stuff).



Although the HPs processor has a slower clock speed, it's an i7 vs the Macbook's i5.



The Mac's got less over-all RAM, and doesn't have a dedicated graphics card. So while the HP can use its separate GPU and VRAM for graphics intensive programs and games, the Macbook has to draw power from the CPU and it's already lesser RAM, so it will not perform as well as the HP when under heavy load or running graphics intensive applications.



The hard drives are probably both 7200 or 5400 RPM HDDs. 5400 RPM is a little slower than 7200, and somewhat antiquated, but much cheaper to put into a laptop. The HP has over twice as much space as the mac for programs and the like. 320 GBs is very little to count on if you've got a lot of stuff to store and no external drives.



The HP is probably better computer, unless you need to use the Mac OS for any reason. The HP is probably the better buy in general, since Macbooks are usually overpriced.



Macbook's hardware is very good, but it's much more expensive than it should be. The HP in this case is literally the better computer though from a hardware stand-point and probably around the same price if not cheaper than the Macbook.