Going to get a new Alienware Laptop, and I've narrowed things down to 2 choices, so I thought I'd ask for some input, price for each is within $100 bucks so no consequential price issue. The issue is configuration and last year's 18" vs. this years 17" Which one would you buy and why?
Choice #1
Certified Refurbished, Red M18x R2
Processor: Intel Core 3rd Generation i7-3720QM Processor (6MB Cache, up to 3.6GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0)
750GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
12 GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz
18.4 Inch WLED FHD (1920 X 1080) TrueLife Display
Slot-Loading Dual Layer Blu-ray Reader (BR-ROM, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
Dual 2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M - SLI Enabled
Killer Wireless-N 1103 a/g/n 3x3 MIMO for Gaming & Video and Bluetooth 4.0
32 GB SSDR mSATA Full Card
Choice #2
Alienware 17
16GB DDR3L at 1600MHz (2 x 8G)
AMD Radeon R9 M290X with 4GB GDDR5
Broadcom 4352 802.11 ac 2x2 and BlueTooth
256GB mSATA SSD Boot + 1TB 5400RPM SATA 6Gb/s
i7-4700MQ processor (6MB Cache, up to 3.4GHz)
Slot-Loading Dual Layer Blu-ray Reader (BR-ROM, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
17.3" WLED FHD (1920 x 1080) Anti-Glare Display
Choice #1
Certified Refurbished, Red M18x R2
Processor: Intel Core 3rd Generation i7-3720QM Processor (6MB Cache, up to 3.6GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0)
750GB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive
12 GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz
18.4 Inch WLED FHD (1920 X 1080) TrueLife Display
Slot-Loading Dual Layer Blu-ray Reader (BR-ROM, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
Dual 2GB GDDR5 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M - SLI Enabled
Killer Wireless-N 1103 a/g/n 3x3 MIMO for Gaming & Video and Bluetooth 4.0
32 GB SSDR mSATA Full Card
Choice #2
Alienware 17
16GB DDR3L at 1600MHz (2 x 8G)
AMD Radeon R9 M290X with 4GB GDDR5
Broadcom 4352 802.11 ac 2x2 and BlueTooth
256GB mSATA SSD Boot + 1TB 5400RPM SATA 6Gb/s
i7-4700MQ processor (6MB Cache, up to 3.4GHz)
Slot-Loading Dual Layer Blu-ray Reader (BR-ROM, DVD+-RW, CD-RW)
17.3" WLED FHD (1920 x 1080) Anti-Glare Display