Requirements: Which is better ?

Hi. I'm about to buy a laptop and I am wondering which of these is better.
Photoshop will be used only for high res high dpi drawing(no photo editting) on an external monitor.
Will there be any difference in performance between GeForce 540M and 525M, both with 1GB DDR3?
Will there be any difference in performance between Intel Core i7-2630QM (2.00/2.90GHz 6 MB Cache) and Intel Core i5-2410M (2.3/2.9GHz, 3MB Cache)? Will Photoshop take advantage of the four cores with lower frequency or two cores with higher frequency is better?
Which is better to invest in - GPU or CPU, considering the fact that the laptop will be used with external monitor for drawing(no photo editting) ?

If you were going to go with a desktop I would refere you to this article of mine:
http://robertoblake.com/blog/2011/07/building-a-photoshop-cs5-computer/
I'm working on a laptop equivalent for this. CS5 can do without the Quad Core processors if you go dual core at 3.0GHz or better. I found an Acer laptop for $449 with 4GB DDR3 AMD Phenom II Dual Core N660 3.0GHz, 320 GB 5400RPM, DVD Super Multi, ATI Raedeon HD 4250 (OpenGL), L2 Cache is 2MB
and its upgradable to upto 8GB. 
If you're skeptical I've worked on the go on a rig a little less powerful than this and I've been able to do 27x41 Movie Posters without a problem! You can't beat that price for the power.

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