Macbook pro 13" or dell alienware m14x?

Dell Alienware M14x
14" (35.6cm) WLED HD+ (900p) display (1600X900)
Intel® Core™ i7-2630QM processor 2.00 GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 2.90 GHz
4GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM (2 x 2GB)
500GB 7200RPM Hard Drive
1.5GB DDR3 NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 555M using NVIDIA Optimus™ technology (Stealth Black)
2.0 Megapixel HD V ideo and Picture Camera with dual digital microphones
VS
Macbook Pro 13 inch i7
13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen display with support for millions of colors...1280 by 800 (native)
2.7GHz with Turbo Boost 2.0 up to 3.40 GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 processor with 4MB shared L3 cache
4GB (two 2GB SO-DIMMs) of 1333MHz DDR3 memory
500GB 5400-rpm Serial ATA hard drive;
Intel HD Graphics 3000 with 384MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory
FaceTime HD camera
I would be using this laptop for :
Programming
gaming (like : Pro Evolution Soccer, Fifa, Age Of Empire, GTA, Counter Strike, etc) (i think they'll work fine in MBP??)
Surfing web
photo editing, video editing
and for my college purpose (i.e presentations etc)
I own an iphone 4 too! and also want to make apps for my phone..so ofcourse mac would be better! but am a bit confused because the graphic card in MBP is too low and even the screen resolution is not at all impressive! (1280x800)
PLEASE HELP!!
Thanks in advance!

Yeah thats true! I think i'll go with MBP but i'm aconfused again!
Which MBP to buy?
MBP 13" i5 (with modifications)
8GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x4GB
128GB Solid State Drive
or the MBP 13" i7 without any upgrades! ?

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