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Originally Posted by porsche4life
As much as I love my Mac, if the primary uses will be in windows based systems, I’d say get a windows machine. Something with an i7 and as much ram and HD as you are willing to pay for.
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Sounds like the course software is Windows-based, which is probably indicative of the current state-of-the-industry as a whole. You don't want to be fussing with hardware/software/plug-in conflicts if you don't have to.
Personally, I am a big fan of Dell Precision laptops. They are geared more towards pro use and are typically more powerful, modular, and robust without a lot of gimmicky features or bloatware. Plenty of other options out there though.
As mentioned, I'd get the fastest Intel-based processor, with the most/fastest RAM, best GPU, and biggest/fastest SSD you can afford.