Yeah, the 'workstation' class laptops from Lenovo and Toshiba are a bit pricey. In general, depending on what you want to give up, you can get a i7, 15.6in 108

Yeah, the 'workstation' class laptops from Lenovo and Toshiba are a bit pricey. In general, depending on what you want to give up, you can get a i7, 15.6in 1080p screen, 16GB RAM and SSD for a little over $1000. That's with a discrete graphics chip and not terribly good battery life, because it is a mid-range gaming laptop. I've actually been looking at refurbished Macbook Pros too. Still thinking about it.