I am in the same boat. I am trying to replace a 2010 MBP 15" with nvidia card, 8 GB ram. for me, it needs to last 5+ years (sorry, company policy). Anything w

I am in the same boat. I am trying to replace a 2010 MBP 15" with nvidia card, 8 GB ram. for me, it needs to last 5+ years (sorry, company policy). Anything with comparable specs (15", core i7 quad core, 8-16 gb ram, 1920X1080+ screen, decent battery life, 3yr support and <=5 lbs) comes to same price as a 15" mbp. and this mbp and others in my company lasted 5+ years without any issues. Well, i had to get my logic board replaced due to some known issue, which was covered. battery life is awesome, dont care for keyboard but its ok, hate OS X. Also, I want to move 100% to Linux but not at the cost of a good hardware. Yes, I can install ubuntu on mbp but whats the point then in paying apple tax and not everything works flawlessly in ubuntu on mac hardware, already tried it. They just seem to make the best hardware at the moment. m3800 is very close to these requirements but ends up costing same as 15" mbp and battery life is not as good. w540 is heavy t series dont have discrete graphics