What is your goal as far as RC flying goes? Do you plan on sticking to simple little park flyers to "putt around" or eventually move up to larger, more sophisticated airplanes?

Either plane you mentioned will be great. If you want to step up down the road to larger sport planes then the apprentice might be a better to start with since it is a 4-channel plane. The Spektrum radio that the Apprentice comes with is not their best but it IS capable of being put into another plane such as a glow trainer or sport plane.

Like I said though, either is a good choice. It just boils down to where you want to take your flying down the road and how much you want to spend.