Your two choices bring up the issue of pickups. The strat comes with single coils (skinny ones) and the Ibanez has humbuckers. Each type is unique, one not being better than the other, but preferred for certain sounds or tones.

A brief general description:
single coils: Are brighter in tone I guess but have a little hum (that could turn big with high distortion). Just think of famous strat players and their sounds, Hendrix, S.R.V., Eric Johnson, Eric Clapton...

humbuckers: less hum but not as bright. Almost all heavy metal and hard rock use these. Think of famous Les Paul players and their sounds: Slash, Jimmy Page, Angus Young, Zakk Wylde...

Like I said neither is better than the other really, until you decide how you want to play.