Far as I can tell it exceeds the system requirements for those two programs by a good bit, though I didn't see any mention of video cards. The integrated HD 4250 isn't fantastic, though it hasn't mattered for me in terms of playback or the like.
If you really can afford closer to a grand, there's this:
It seems like what you're doing would benefit from having a more solid GPU, and the GTM540M is about as good as you're likely to get in a laptop in that price range.
There's not a lot between the two price ranges really, as the former is about as good as you can get around $600 and the next step up is a GPU that runs a few hundred bucks on its own, so.. jump to $1k.
You could find something at Dell for around a grand with what you're looking for, but it won't match the specs of that Samsung, which for what it's worth is a quad core of the i7 line (so 8 cores, effectively) so will be better at multitasking if you want to run multiple things at once (especially processor intensive things). The Samsung also comes with 4GB ran installed, but can be expanded to 8 if you ever feel like it's not up to pace. It's only got 2 slots though, so it's probably got 2x2GB in there atm and you'd need to get 2x4gb to max it out, and 4gb sticks of ram are on the expensive side.
Anyway, rambling. Either is a decent machine, but if the extra $300 isn't going to break your bank and this is a machine you're going to use a lot, I'd go with the Samsung.
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Far as I can tell it exceeds the system requirements for those two programs by a good bit, though I didn't see any mention of video cards. The integrated HD 4250 isn't fantastic, though it hasn't mattered for me in terms of playback or the like.
If you really can afford closer to a grand, there's this:
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=7128725&CatId=4939
It seems like what you're doing would benefit from having a more solid GPU, and the GTM540M is about as good as you're likely to get in a laptop in that price range.
There's not a lot between the two price ranges really, as the former is about as good as you can get around $600 and the next step up is a GPU that runs a few hundred bucks on its own, so.. jump to $1k.
You could find something at Dell for around a grand with what you're looking for, but it won't match the specs of that Samsung, which for what it's worth is a quad core of the i7 line (so 8 cores, effectively) so will be better at multitasking if you want to run multiple things at once (especially processor intensive things). The Samsung also comes with 4GB ran installed, but can be expanded to 8 if you ever feel like it's not up to pace. It's only got 2 slots though, so it's probably got 2x2GB in there atm and you'd need to get 2x4gb to max it out, and 4gb sticks of ram are on the expensive side.
Anyway, rambling. Either is a decent machine, but if the extra $300 isn't going to break your bank and this is a machine you're going to use a lot, I'd go with the Samsung.