The 16GB is the RAM size. The computer will have more then enough hard disk space for both programs, but not sure if it will be able to handle them due to the 1.6GHz i7. make sure you select a 64bit version of windows when you buy. But I think you might find that the laptop/notebook will struggle with such a program.
A desktop of the same price would handle it with no problem at all. 16Gb of memory is overkill, and will proabably cost you about £800+ to get 16GB of laptop ddr3 memory. In my opinion, it's a waste of money, as the programs you want to use will probably run on it, but at a very slow rate to do anything as intensive as those programs require.
Edit it's because it's a very good processor, but the laptop versions are much slower. Desktop PC's that people build with the i7 processor they can overclock a lot.
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