When I went shopping for my new system on Amazon, I was trying to replicate my office laptop as closely as possible.  I came close.  I ended up with a I5 processor, instead of an I7, and I upped the RAM from 8GB to 32GB.  I chose the 500GB SSD drive as well, so I get quick response on my applications.  The only shortcoming I found was the lack of facial recognition, which I've come to find handy at the office.  Still, now that I've got my home workstation configured, it seems to be doing the job.