DELLs Latitudes (I know it's not my choice)... older with GPU or newer with SSD...? Science music viceo uses.

gtmongrel

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Hi... I'm getting a laptop from my Uni... these are my options within budget... note option 1 comes standard with an i5 but i can upgrade it to the i7 within budget (I assume that's not a bad plan) main difference is one has dedicated GPU and one has SSD (and is a newer build and better body, but less easily upgraded)

I mostly do Science. Also some music and video editing.

Which computer should I get?

Option 1:
LatitudeTM E5540 15.6in Display
4th gen Core i7‐4600U Latitude E5440/E5540 Processor (2.1 GHz, 4M Cache)
15.6" FHD (1920x1080) Wide View LED‐backlit LCD Panel, WLAN only
Windows 8.1
16GB (2x8GB) 1600MHz DDR3L Memory
500GB 7200rpm Hard Drive
8X DVD+/‐RW Media Bay Drive
NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M 2GB Graphics


Option 2:
LatitudeTM E7440 14.0in Display
4th Gen Intel® CoreTM i7‐4600U Processor (2.1 GHz, 4M Cache)
14.0” FHD (1920x1080) Wide View Anti‐Glare WLED‐backlit
Windows 8.1
16GB (2x8GB) 1600MHz DDR3L Memory
256GB SSD
Intel Integrated HD 4400 Graphics