Personally I would have been fine with either one. I was happily surprised by the quad core CPU in the mid-range model, but I was a little saddened by the lack of there of a discrete GPU. I hope Intel HD 4000 graphics will work well enough.
Cheers!🙂
This is like "Would you rather like being able to work properly or to play some games?" - so the first one for me, because that doesn't loose me money.