Macbook Pro worth it?

My son is graduating this year and has a MacBook Pro which he bought at the beginning of school and a hi end gaming notebook he bought last year. He uses the MacBook about 90% of the time doing all schoolwork, web browsing and everyday activities on it. The gaming lappie doesn't really serve as a "portable"....he uses it only when has access to an outlet as battery life even with Optimus just doesn't serve typical campus life.

I have several similar laptops in my office. We use them in the field for AutoCAD and project management. But again, while they serve very well to take the office out in the field.... better have access to an outlet or at least an inverter to plug into cigarette lighter in car as I get just over an hour's usage in the field..... more than I need as car plug and field office available. We have basically the builds below but with last years GFX cards. They ran about $2,100 but that was w/ all the extras .... base price is $1,169.00

http://www.lpc-digital.com/sager-np9570.html

17.3" Full HD LED AUO B173HW01 V.4 90% NTSC 1920 x 1080 Gloss type
NVIDIA® GeForce™ GTX 870M 6GB GDDR5 Memory
4th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-4700MQ Processor (6M Cache, up to 3.40 GHz)
IC Diamond Thermal Compound - CPU + GPU
Genuine Microsoft Windows® 7 Home Premium 32/64-Bit Edition
16GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1600MHz - 2 X 8GB
Samsung® 512GB SSD SATA III 840 PRO Series *
750GB 7200rpm SATA 300 Hard Drive *
6X Blu-ray Reader/8X DVD±R/2.4X +DL Super-Multi Drive & Software
Intel® Dual Band Wireless-N 7260 802.11ac 2x2 Plus Bluetooth 4.0

* One office laptop has the SSD / HD pair as shown; the other has a 750 GB 7200 rpm SSHD .... can't tell the difference performance wise but the SSHD is easier to manage.

Based upon my son's experience and the other kids I have met going up visiting, most either started with or switched to a mac after their 1st year for school usage, reliability but mainly portability and then have a separate desktop or lappie for their gaming needs. If ya gonna be stuck with just one, then I'd grab a Clevo customized for ya needs. Just be sure to get to the library early and get a spot near a power outlet or bring a spare battery.

Those 17" gaming lappie's weigh in at just under 9 pounds.....add the power brick and ya weigh in at about 4 times as much as the mac. There are smaller and lighter options but not with as much oomph.