ICore 5 with flash drive vs iCore 7 with hard disk

Hi,
I've been with PC since the days of DOS in the 80's. I've finally made a switch to Mac after my son has used MacPro for 4 years now and about to upgrade.
I just bought a 27inch iMac with iCore 7 with traditional hard disk. After reading about flash drive/SSD, I am thinking maybe I've made a mistake not going for a flash drive option. I have about a week left to be able to return the unit to Apple. So my question is whould I be enjoying more by going to iCore 5 with a flash drive for about the same price as my current setup? My main use is to do small business bookkeeping, internet use, kepping music and family pictures. I don't play computer games (maybe a chess or solitare once in a while)
Thank you for your input.
Daniel Takayama
A fresh new Mac user

I vastly disagree. An SSD will make every single use there see improvement over the i7. The i7 may be fast but you won't do anything that would really tax the CPU, you'd be much better served by the SSD. It will make your browser load faster, yout pictures load faster, any databased that you bookkeep load faster, and most importantly it will cut your 'sluggish Mac syndrome' situation where after just loading up from sleep/reboot etc, your Mac needs a minute to 'warm up' else things run very slowly.

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