Help with choosing a laptop

[grndmstr]

Need hepp with choosing a laptop

So my laptop of 2 years is broken (motherboard problems and chit). So, I'm off to buy a new one. My top two choices as of now are

Macbook Pro 13 inches retina
2.4GHz dual-core Intel Core i5
Turbo Boost up to 2.9GHz
8GB 1600MHz memory
256GB PCIe-based flash storage1
Intel Iris Graphics
Built-in battery (9 hours)2

1499$




ASUS G750JW-DB71
Intel i7 4700HQ 2.4Ghz
12 GB DDR3
1024 GB 5400 rpm Hard Drive
17.3-Inch Screen, Nvidia GTX765M 2GB GDDR5
Windows 8, 3.5-Hour Battery Life
1299$



My laptop usage varies from periods of heavy gaming to daily movie watching or just weeks of thesis writing. The thing that worries me is that heavy gaming usually decreases the life span of laptops so I'll probably be decrease my gaming time to a minimum (probably just nba and dota). The mac looks sleek and professional whereas the asus looks intimidating and awesome as fak plus it's cheaper by about 200$ it is gonna be bulkier to carry though. Another thing that kinda worries me is the 256 gb SSD that the mac uses instead of an hdd. I do however have about 1.750 tb of external hard drives lying around. So, any suggestions?


inb4 macs are overpriced and could get better bang for the buck.

I've had trouble with other brands like toshiba, hp, and acer so i'm gonna go ahead and try a mac if I do choose it over the asus.

 

[IDontUnderstand]

Depending on which SSD you get, I know for a fact that Samsung ones have their own Data Migration software. However, if your future SSD doesn't then here is the solution.
http/www.tomshardware.com/forum/276778-32-cloning

 

[grndmstr]

Thanks man! You're the best!