Going to buy a laptop for gaming, graphic design and internet soon but currently confused between these two choices that I've picked:


Asus C90S 15.4" >> $1,541
WSXGA+/ 512MB GeForce 8600M GT MXM II
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo Conroe E6600 2.4 GHz 1066FSB 4M with Arctic Silver 5
RAM: Kingston 2GB DDR-2 667 SODIMM (1X1G+1X2GB)
HD: Seagate Momentus 7200.2 160GB 7200rpm S-ATA 300
Battery - 6-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery

- or -

Dell XPS M1710 17" >> $1888
WUXGA+/-256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900
Processor - Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T7200 (2GHz/667MHz/ 4MB)
RAM - 2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM 677MHZ, 2 DIMM
HD – 120GB 7200 RPM SATA
Battery - 80 WHr 9-cell Lithium Ion Primary Battery


Which would you choose and why?