Choose a laptop

Honestly if you can I would try to go one step further and get a 1060 on the laptop, it would make quite a big difference. In terms of RAM, if you found a 1060 and 8gb ram in the same price range as the 1050ti and the 16gb than I personally think the 1060 would be the better choice.

Ohh I was at this point as well. Not going to tell you the long journey. Well it has a nice laptop with everything I wanted for a relatively low price at the end.

You didn't say anything about it - you might have already chosen right but still I want to say it. When you buy a new one don't go below 17"
Higher screen size will be more valuable to your eyes than some fps.

It really depends on what your target goal is. 32 GB can help out a fair bit if you're going to run lots of stuff and not basically just games (such as many browser tabs). If you'll be running just the games and your major concern is fps and lag in real-time games, the better card will help out more. If both are a concern, perhaps wait a little more and get both. Conversely, if neither is a concern, spending less is an option, too. ;)

32gb is excessive for gaming, 16gb will be plenty for any game out atm.
Also keep in mind a regular 1050 only has 2GB VRAM, while a 1050ti has 4GB VRAM.

Go with the better video card.

I would not get anything below a 1060 or equivalent if possible if you're wanting to play games, and you definitely want at least 4GB VRAM(preferably 8) on a new graphics card, anything less is not worth buying. While 32GB ram would be nice, a 16 is good enough on a budget.

For gaming 32gb is useless

I am eying the lenovo legion Y530 myself with the nvidea GTX 1060, but it is not yet released in my country.
Looking for a decent travel laptop myself too and this one has my fancy.

I would deffo go for a 1060 card, would like to get better/higher myself but that is just too expensive.
If at any point in the near future you want to go for a VR set then the 1060 is the minimum it can run on a1050 ti does NOT support VR!

It would be easier if you would state your Price range.in combination with the country you plan to buy the laptop in.
since laptop prices differe pretty much from € to $ as example.