I've been really impressed with the Surface book Pro 3. Microsoft has been stepping up their game for a bit now. From my experience Apple's repair costs have be

I've been really impressed with the Surface book Pro 3. Microsoft has been stepping up their game for a bit now. From my experience Apple's repair costs have been going up and the build quality has been going down in recent years. I think the sweet spot for a professional work laptop is about $1300 - 1500 and getting 3-4 years use out of it. I generally get free laptops at work and have a high end NUC desktop at home with nice mounted dual monitors for intensive work.