Switching from Mac to PC

[PSDWizard]

I have been a long time mac user, but my 2012 Macbook Pro is getting old. I would like to get a new Mac but I am not going to get ether old hardware or new hardware with no ports for that price. So I am going to switch to a PC. I do a lot of large file Photoshop work (Files sizes exceeding 5GBs is not that out of the normal). 

 

So here are the specs I would like

I7 (7th or 8th Gen)

16GB Ram or more

1TB SSD

IPS Display with good color

Good Video Card (I want to game in my spare time)

Pen Support with good levels of pressure sensitivity

and

Ports I need usb A, and SD, HDMI would be nice too but not a deal breaker       

The ability to set up a 2nd monitor or even a 3rd.

 

Things I dont care about

How thick it is - better battery is better then super thin.

Price - a new macbook pro at what i want is like 2800 so...

 

It would be nice but not a deal breaker

I would not mind if it looked cool

 

thanks

 

 

[CapitalistVN]

An Acer Predator Helios 300 or a Surface Book 2 would be most suited I think.

[Alec M]

I would put all my money behind one of the new XPS 15 inch laptops with dedicated graphics.

Even the XPS 9550 still is a great machine with a Core i7 6700HQ and GTX 960M

[PSDWizard]

22 hours ago, Alec M said:

I would put all my money behind one of the new XPS 15 inch laptops with dedicated graphics.

Even the XPS 9550 still is a great machine with a Core i7 6700HQ and GTX 960M

Thanks Alac, I think i am going to go with 9550, I know it does not have pen support but i think that will be the best bang for my buck.

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

I'd say the MSI GS65 series. Great looks, baller performance with those 6-core i7's, and powerful GPUs for rendering and gaming. No touch, but eh? Just hook up a drawing pad - I mean you have all the ports you could ever need.

[aubryscully]

8 hours ago, PSDWizard said:

Thanks Alac, I think i am going to go with 9550, I know it does not have pen support but i think that will be the best bang for my buck.

I would recommend going for a refurb XPS 15 9560 from eBay. You can get them for killer deals and they come with a factory warranty. I bought my XPS 13 from there and 2 friends of mine have bought XPSs the same way and they have all shown up as brand new machines. The discounts are crazy good and the GTX 1050 in the 9560 is far superior to the 960M in the 9550.

[PSDWizard]

4 hours ago, aubryscully said:

I would recommend going for a refurb XPS 15 9560 from eBay. You can get them for killer deals and they come with a factory warranty. I bought my XPS 13 from there and 2 friends of mine have bought XPSs the same way and they have all shown up as brand new machines. The discounts are crazy good and the GTX 1050 in the 9560 is far superior to the 960M in the 9550.

My bad I meant the 9560, I have kinda of given up on the touch screen, most of the touch screens are not pressure sensitive. 

 

4 hours ago, orbitalbuzzsaw said:

I'd say the MSI GS65 series. Great looks, baller performance with those 6-core i7's, and powerful GPUs for rendering and gaming. No touch, but eh? Just hook up a drawing pad - I mean you have all the ports you could ever need.

I think the 9560 has a better color accuracy in the screen.