Robert,
Thank you so much for your input! It is good to know that you have had a better experience with durability with your Mac (In terms of build quality I feel like Macs are unparalleled). Do you experience any problems with running programs like AutoCAD, Rhino, or ArcGIS with a Mac? I heard from some that the programs run better on a PC (ArcGIS, for example, cannot actually run from a Mac itself but has to be run through an online server or through a mirror).
Again, thank you very much for your advice!