If you can build your own, and don't want to stick to the apple ecosystem; the 4 core intel cpu + 970 gfx starts around a thousand: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com

If you can build your own, and don't want to stick to the apple ecosystem; the 4 core intel cpu + 970 gfx starts around a thousand: https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/VhyP8K https://ca.pcpartpicker.com/list/VhyP8K If you can wait until February, AMD Zen is coming out, so no matter which camp (amd/intel) you are in, all prices should go down for the given level of performance.