I decided to move away from laptops and return to tower style computers.  After some research I decide to try out a refurbished Dell with an older Xeon processor.  It was much less expensive than a brand new computer with the latest processors of course but here is the kicker, with 32gb of RAM and an eight core processor I can do far more than if I'd purchased a new tower with an i7 in it.  This thing doesn't even break a sweat doing video and photo editing.  I also use it for music recording without any issues.When I travel I use a Chromebook to remote into my Dell when I need to do any 'heavy' lifting computing.  The Chromebook isn't a huge problem for me if it gets stolen or breaks like a full laptop would be, they are inexpensive to replace.  It's a good fit for how I work.