HP or Asus laptop £700-800

CasualGamre

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This laptop is for uni, which laptop would be best suited for running multiple programs (possibly to do with coding).

ASUS N550JK: http://www.digitalversus.com/laptop/asus-n550jk-p20711/test.html
intel core i7-4700
6GB RAM
1 TB storage space
geforce gtx 850M
15.6 inches

or

HP ENVY 15-ae015na: http://store.hp.com/UKStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=M2Z41EA&opt=ABU&sel=PCNB
intel core i7-5500u
12GB RAM
2TB storage space
geforce 940M
15.6 inches
(friend will get it for me for £800)
I might possibly game on it but nothing more than something like league or legends.

Thanks in advance for any advice!
 
The CPU and GPU in the ASUS is much better then the HP.
Q series CPUs are much higher end the the U. The older 4700hq is 4 cores/8threads while the 5500u is only 2 cores/4threads, thus the 4700hq will perform significantly better at gaming or anything demanding.

ASUS has higher build quality over-all and HP has always had this stigma of random defects that will pelage an entire product line.

The HP has more RAM and bigger Hard Drive. What the ASUS has is sufficient for most, and these are the parts that are always upgradeable, while CPU and GPU is really not upgradeable anymore in laptops.

Thus my decision would easily be the ASUS.