Is the new Macbook Pro sandy bridge worth buying?

Is the New Macbook Pro with Sandy Bridge worth buying? I was thinking about buying the 13-inch model for $1,199 (a href="http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_mac/family/macbook_pro?mco=MTM3NjU5MzU)." rel="nofollow"http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/sh…/a Or should I buy this ASUS laptop: a href="http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=6701573&Sku=A50-15649" rel="nofollow"http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/S…/a