Village Idiot
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The OP asked about a new laptop, which I tried to answer. Although I didn't talk about tablets, because I personally have never used a tablet (I've used a few from HP, Panasonic, Sony) that was worth it. The current full PC tablets with a swivel screens are a gimmick in my opinion.
The only three things the MBP hardware has on that machine is price, size, and weight; the Alienware trumps the 17" i7 MBP every other way.
Hence, I said that the Macbook Pro hardware beats everything you can get in the Windows world. I don't know about you, but nearly everyone I know that uses a notebook cares a great deal about size, weight, and battery life.
Yes, you can get a more powerful laptop from Alienware, HP, Asus, or Dell. But you won't get:
1. A slim form factor
2. Relatively light weight compared to the Windows based offerings
3. ****ty battery
Congratulations, you have an i7 with 8GB of RAM and a 750GB hard drive. And 3 hours of battery life in real world scenarios, max.
When I'm shooting in the field or taking audio samples in the field, I like knowing my laptop will go 7+ hours on a single charge.
And I'm going to be out shooting while you're still waiting for your batch of photos to be converted from RAW to JPEG.
I never said the form factor wasn't an issue, I'm just stating that you can definitely find wintel notebooks with superior hardware.