I have a Lenovo W520 laptop I've been using for about 4 years now. My warranty has expired and it keeps shutting down or freezing after the screen randomly distorts. This is just the most recent of many such issues and I'm thinking it's time to upgrade.
I'm going into college as an AudioVisual Production major, so I expect to be doing lots of video editing, sound engineering, and maybe even 3d modeling. In my free time I enjoy gaming and plan on starting up a YouTube channel with lots of gaming-related content, so I'll need something that can handle all that as well.
I do realize this would be easier and cheaper to accomplish on a desktop PC, but I need to have a laptop for the times I'm traveling or I'm not at home. I have a rough budget of $1600 to work with and I'd like to go into this decision informed about my options.