Which of these laptops to buy for editing with premiere pro

Hello guys,
I am looking for a new laptop to replace my dead beloved desktop L
I will be editing mainly with Adobe Premiere CS6 and After Effects CS6 and do some graphic works (PS,ILL…)
After a long research the choice was narrowed to the options mentioned bellow. Which one do you recommend ? Is there any other option in the same price range that I did not consider?
P.S. Please pay attention to the Hard disk variations!!! Would that make a great difference in editing?
Thank you in advance J
ASUS N550JV-CM160P
Intel Core i7-4700HQ (6M Cache, up to 3.40 GHz),
16GB DDR3L 1600 MHz,
750 GB SATA 7200 rpm,
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 4096 MB DDR3,
39.624 cm (15.6 ") 16:9 IPS FHD (1920x1080) LED Backlight,
Super-Multi DVD DL,
10/100/1000 Base T, 802.11 b/g/n,
Bluetooth 4.0,
Windows 8 Pro
LENOVO IDEAPAD Y510P
Intel Core i7-4700HQ (6M Cache, up to 3.40 GHz),
16GB DDR3L 1600 MHz,
256 GB Solid State Disc
2x NVIDIA Geforce GT 750M, 2048 MB GDDR5 VRAM
39.624 cm (15.6 ") 16:9 IPS FHD (1920x1080) LED Backlight,
Windows 8 64 Bit
OR   same Lenovo with 1024 GB 5400rpm AND 24 GB Solid State Disc!!!!

Sadnakhleh wrote:
That is a 17" right? I am going to buy a 15" I think.
The biggest problem with the Asus in question is that it will be really hard to upgrade it and I still did not find a model with SSD.
I found a comparision review here:  http://www.notebookcheck.net/Review-Asus-N550JV-CN201H-Notebook.98311. 0.html 
The Asus scores better in the cinebench sector (slightly with OpenGL and much with CPU)  and the Lenovo is better in the Pcmark7 and the 3dmark11. What are these tests? and which one is more important when it comes to video editing?
Thank you again for your time and efferts
P.S. I am studying the article about Hard disks, it is really interesting!!! thanks
Correct it is a 17-inch, and of course it weighs and costs slightly more than a 15.6-inch
It is a very simple task to upgrade the unit to an dual SSD system, and memory upgrade is very easy.  You undo one screw on the bottom and (below) this is what you see.  Two disk drive carriers with my SSD's installed and two 8 GB SODIMM add on RAM modules
Those benchmarks have very little to do with editing with Premiere, there is only one real comperhensive Premiere benchmark it is our PPBM.

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