Laptop help me decide

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ok its out of these two, need a gud laptop for all round use and as im a fisherman they are essential..

DELL XPS 17 - £1624

COLOUR CHOICE Silver Anodized Aluminum Cover edit
PROCESSOR 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7-2720QM processor 2.20 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.30 GHz edit
OPERATING SYSTEM English Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium (64 BIT) edit
SYSTEM RECOVERY OS Media MUI Windows® 7 Home Premium (64 BIT) Resource DVD edit
OFFICE SOFTWARE Microsoft® Office Starter: reduced-functionality Word & Excel w/ads. No PowerPoint or Outlook edit
SERVICES AND SUPPORT 1Yr Next Day Hardware Support edit
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ACCIDENTAL DAMAGE PROTECTION 1 year Accidental Damage Protection edit
DATASAFE ONLINE BACKUP DataSafe Online Backup 2GB - 1 year licence edit
SECURITY SOFTWARE McAfee® SecurityCenter 15 Month Subscription edit
LCD 17.3"(44 cm) FHD 3D WLED TL (1920x1080) 1080p with 2.0 Mega Pixel Integrated Camera edit
3D GLASSES NVIDIA ® 3D Vision Active Shutter Glasses edit
GRAPHICS CARD 3GB NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M Graphics Card - 3D Capable edit
MEMORY 16384MB 1333MHz Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM [4x4096] edit
OPTICAL DRIVE DVD+/-RW (DVD, CD read and write) edit
HARD DRIVE 500GB (7,200rpm) Serial ATA Hard Drive edit
MOBILE BROADBAND Mobile Broadband Not Included edit
PRIMARY BATTERY 9-cell 90Whr Lithium Ion battery edit
KEYBOARD Backlit UK/Irish Qwerty Keyboard edit
WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY Intel® Centrino® Wireless-N 1000 (EUR) edit
TV TUNER Internal DVB-T TvTuner


or

Acer Aspire Ethos 8951G £1664

Processor Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM Quad Core (2GHz, Intel Sandy Bridge Architecture, 6 MB L3 cache, Features Intel Turbo Boost up to 2.9GHz)
Screen 18.4" (Acer Frameless Edge-to-Edge CrystalBrite, Full HD 1920 x 1080 resolution, LED Backlit, Scratch Resistant Gorilla Glas)
Operating System Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64-bit
RAM 16GB
Hard Drive 120GB SSD + 750GB
Optical Drive Blu-Ray Writer (Blu-Ray HD Writer + DVD-RW & CD-RW)
Graphics Dedicated (NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M with 2GB DDR Dedicated Memory)
Wireless LAN Wireless (802.11b/g/n Wireless)
Network Card 10/100/1000 Gigabit Fast Ethernet
Integrated Webcam Integrated 1.3MP Webcam with Microphone
Card Reader 2-in-1 card reader ( SD, MMC )
USB Ports 3x USB 2.0 ports, 1x USB 3.0 Port
Speakers Dolby® Home Theater® v4. 5 built-in speakers with subwoofer
VGA Port 1 External VGA Port
Kensington Lock Kensington lock slot
Charge Time 2.5 Hours
HDMI 1x HDMI Port
Backlit Keyboard Yes
Warranty 12 Months Acer Collect & Return
Battery Life 3-4 Hours (This Specific Model 3.5-hours)
Weight 3-4 Kg (This Model 3.86kg)
Finger Print Reader

thanks in advance
 
Well it depends on you, like what you will be using it for, what it looks like ect.

But on performance and content the Dell does look to have the edge...
 
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