2 Dell laptops, which one is better value?

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#1 sillaris
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What I'm stuck on is. Inspiron15 is thinner, i5 takes eats less battery, WLED better than LED? and bigger hard drive. But the Studio15 has a i7 and is fatter.

$969 w/o tax
Inspiron 15 Notebook
NEW 2010 IntelĀ® Core™ i5-520M (2.40GHz, 4Threads, turbo boost up to 2.93Ghz, 3M cache)
ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5450 - 1GB
500GB, 5400 RPM
4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 at 1066MHz
Lithium Ion Battery (9 cell)
15.6" HD WLED
High Definition Audio 2.0
8X CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive)
Dell 1397 Wireless-G
Integrated 1.3M Pixel Webcam
Height: 0.79" (20.0mm) front / 1.29" (32.8mm) back

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$1,074 w/o tax
Studio 15 Notebook
NEW 2010 IntelĀ® Core™ i7-720QM Quad Core Processor 1.6GHz (2.8GHz Turbo Mode, 6MB Cache)
4GB Shared Dual Channel DDR3 at 1066MHz
320GB SATA Hard Drive (7200RPM)
Internal Mobile Broadband not included
2 Year Basic Service Plan
ATI Mobility Radeon™ HD 5470, 1GB
15.6" High Definition (720p) LED Display with TrueLife™ and Camera
Standard Keyboard
85 Whr Lithium Ion Battery (9 cell)
8X Slot Load CD/DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive)
Height: 1.0" (25.3mm) front / 1.5" (38.9mm) back

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#2 kilerchese
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The i7 has more power overall. The question is though, what are you going to be using it for?

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#3 GTR12
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2nd one, only cos it has 5470 instead of 5450

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#4 markop2003
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I'ld go with the studio