I use both CMS platforms and neither are either better or worse than each other for SEO. Nearly all CMS platforms take SEO quite seriously these days - mostly though they have to be optimized by third party plugins. You'll find Wordpress easier to optimize though as with many aspects of Wordpress because it has a more simpler admin system than Drupal Use the all in one SEO pack for Wordpress: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/ It works right out of the box with no configuration necessary
You are completely right about this, I have used many CMS platforms Like Wordpress, Joomla and Drupal and all of them are great!
Wordpress is better straight out the box but if you know what you are doing Drupal is far more customizable.
One vote for wordpress , simple easy to use and config. I use ultimate SEO plug in ... i ting the best