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Civil Eng Laptop HELP

Hello, I am tasked with buying my brother a laptop for his civil engineering course at UCL. However I have no clue what kind of software he will use or what specs he needs, so could someone please enlighten me?

I would go for macbook but then not all softwares can be installed on mac, btw i understand that i can have both mac and windows on it but I have done it before and I do not want to do it again.

Budget is close to £700 unless macbook.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HP-ENVY-TouchSmart-15-15-6-Touch-Laptop-8GB-i7-4700MQ-2-40GHz-1TB-2GB-Garphics-/371054786900?pt=UK_Computing_Laptops_EH&hash=item566496b954

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dell-Inspiron-17-7000-7737-Laptop-3-0-i7-16GB-Touch-Screen-2GB-GT-750M-Win-8-SSD-/291259399386?pt=UK_Computing_Laptops_EH&hash=item43d069bcda

These two are the ones that I like, design too. But I am not sure which one is better or if they are even adequate for engineers?

Could someone please suggest laptops and send links, or just state recommended specs?

Thanks very much.

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