Technology Recommendations

[DeleteMePlease]

If you're klutzy, like to drink coffee/water/etc. near your laptop, or both, don't get a MacBook Pro. I learned the hard way that they are extremely sensitive to water damage, i.e., I paid $409 (initially quoted at $884) because I spilled about a tablespoon's worth of water on mine. Even though I immediately shut it off, flipped it upside down, wiped it up, opened up the jewel case, and let it dry in front of a warm fire, everything except my HD — thank goodness for that, though — was fried.

 

Also, they're pretty limited in terms of software if you run a Mac OS. I don't mind working on ESRI/ArcGIS stuff in a lab, but it does wear thin after a while.

 

My Lenovo T440 has special holes below the keyboard so coffee and other fluids don't get stuck inside

[Human_]

You're doing it wrong OP. The whole reason you overpay for the macbook hardware is to run a superior OS. Spending 2 grand on a mpb retina with the intent to only run Windows OS is completely asinine.