Which Latitude Computer Should I Buy?

I am heading to college and I've decided to get a Latitude Dell computer to last me my undergraduate. However, I am undecided about which Latitude I should buy. I want the one that is going to run best with creative suite production premium cs6 but if the power difference in the computers makes no real difference on which computer I'm choosing I would buy the cheaper one and buy an external hard drive. I have difficulties understanding computer specs so its hard for me to understand how different the computers are from each other though it seems the biggest difference between the computers are the hard drives and the screen size (14'' vs 15.6''). I'll list the two specs bellow.
Intel 2.9 GHz i7 Processor;
64 Bit;
500GB 7200rpm Hard Drive;
8 GB RAM; 14.0 " HD Anti-Glare LED Display (1366x768);
Intel HD Graphics 4000 Video Card
Enabled; 6-Cell (65WH) Primary Lithium Ion Battery
or
i7-3720QM Processor (2.6GHz Quad-Core)
Windows 7 Pro, 64-bit
15.6" FHD (1920x1080) Wide View Anti-Glare WLED-backlit display
NVIDIA NVS 5200M Discrete 1GB Graphics card
8 GB RAM
750GB 7200rpm Hard Drive
9-cell battery, 90-watt A/C adapter
I am also curious to hear your opinion on Latitude computers and if you think I will have any problems with production premium or the computer in general.

If you are not doing video or 3D modeling/CGI work, you maybe able to get by with either base model, 27 inch iMacs.
If you can afford it get the 27 inch iMac with the faster i5 CPU. The GPU is not that big an issue with 2D or flat images.
So, I think you would, also, be fine with the base 27 inch screen model with only 1 GB of VRAM.
WIth photography, it's all about CPU, RAM and storage size/space.
Purchase this 27 inch screen iMac with the base RAM and purchase additonal, cheaper RAM through third party RAM vendors.
Correct and reliable Mac RAM can be purchased from online Mac RAM sources Crucial memory or OWC (macsales.com).
The 27 inch screen iMacs can take a total of 32 GBs of RAM.
After purchase, I would advise installing, at least, another 8 GBs of RAM for, at least a total of 16 GBs of RAM. Install more RAM if you can afford it.
As far as storage is concerned, forget the base 1 TB standard hard drive and consider installing, at purchase time, the 3 TB Fusion drive, instead.
OR (again,if you can afford it) consider the 512 GB Solid State Flash Drive and use external drives for image storage when the storage on the Flash drive becomes full.
WIth the Mac Pro, you are forced to use external storage (extra costs) as well as forced to having to purchase a good, color accurate external monitor with image editing and color correction work (another additional and expensive purchase).
The iMac is a completely all-in-one purchase solution versus a individual component system like a Mac Pro system.

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