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In 2016, "buy a desktop" is no longer the only answer when talking about professional work. Like--check out what Sager offers. You can buy a fully kitted-out 17" notebook from them that meets or exceeds the top-end iMac in every respect (equal CPU, twice the RAM, significantly better GPU) except pixel density (a mere 170 versus 216) for a thousand dollars less than the top-end iMac--and you can carry it with you.

It's not uber-thin and light, no; this is a literal desktop replacement and weighs twelve pounds. It's not the machine I'd buy, because I don't need a GTX 1080 in a portable machine--but that machine is equivalent to Apple's best, actually-serious desktop while being cheaper and portable! It goes without saying that you can scale down to something that's a little more reasonable for a physical-effort-averse nerdy type and still get something that's very favorable compared to Apple's offerings, both in terms of perf and price.

Apple missed the memo: you really can have both, these days. Maybe they don't care about that audience anymore, and that's their prerogative, but it's why I'm probably bouncing back to Windows/Linux. (Dual-booting. Ew.)