Help with laptop purchase

[E-man]

Hi,

I am a programmer and my macbook pro mid 2009 is dying. I am willing to spend around 1000 usd on a laptop but there are too many out there to decide. I need a laptop that can run vm's, edit videos and a bunch of other things. I would love to get a mac because build quality and battery life is really important to me as well. I don't really game that much, but I would like something that can at least do casual gaming. Here are a few options that I found:

 

Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming - 1100$

7th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-7700HQ Quad Core (6MB Cache, up to 3.8 GHz)

16GB, 2400MHz, DDR4; up to 32GB

128GB Solid State Drive (Boot) + 1TB 5400RPM Hard Drive (Storage)

NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050Ti with 4GB GDDR5

74 Whr, 6-Cell Battery (Integrated)

15.6-inch FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS Anti-Glare LED-Backlit Display

http://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/cty/pdp/spd/inspiron-15-7567-laptop/dndnf510s?oc=dndnf510s&l=en&s=dhs&selectionState=eyJGUHJpY2UiOjEwOTkuOTksIk9DIjoiZG5kbmY1MTBzIiwiUXR5IjoxLCJNb2RzIjpbeyJJZCI6NTcyLCJPcHRzIjpbeyJJZCI6IkZHMDA0NCJ9XX1dfQ%3D%3D

 

Alienware 15 4K - 1069$ 

Screen Size	15.6 inches
Max Screen Resolution	3840 x 2160
Processor	2.6 GHz Intel Core i7
RAM	16 GB DDR SDRAM
Memory Speed	2133 MHz
Hard Drive	1 TB HDD 7200 rpm + 256gb ssd
Graphics Coprocessor	geforce gtx 970m
Chipset Brand	nvidia
Wireless Type	802.11 A/B, 802.11bgn, 802.11abg

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01IABDY8A/ref=s9u_simh_gw_i3?ie=UTF8&fpl=fresh&pd_rd_i=B01IABDY8A&pd_rd_r=196b7f82-b198-11e7-bdb8-e32f1756b509&pd_rd_w=ULrL0&pd_rd_wg=P85kN&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=&pf_rd_r=C6Y08XBHYRVP028YATZF&pf_rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=1cf9d009-399c-49e1-901a-7b8786e59436&pf_rd_i=desktop

 

I would really appreciate any help/tips with this.

Thanks in advance. 

 

 

[Valkyrie Lenneth]

i recommend u just compare the gpu,s and cpu,s in benchmark lists  to get an average view of how the laptops will perform against eachother :v

[E-man]

I can but the difference is tiny. The thing is that the alienware has a 4k screen. But i've heard that they arent good quality.

[genexis_x]

Correct, old Alienwares have a mediocre quality
Dell 7567 is a solid choice, however if you don't game much and need a 4k display you can get the older Dell 7559/7566 with 4k IPS panel

[Pendragon]

20 hours ago, E-man said:

I am a programmer and my macbook pro mid 2009 is dying. I am willing to spend around 1000 usd on a laptop but there are too many out there to decide. I need a laptop that can run vm's, edit videos and a bunch of other things. I would love to get a mac because build quality and battery life is really important to me as well. I don't really game that much, but I would like something that can at least do casual gaming. Here are a few options that I found:

 

get the dell.

 

that alienware is fine, but no reason to get it for the 4k.