Eh, I've always advised people away from Laptops wherever possible unless you really need the mobility. If you're a Jet Setter, or a Train Engineer, or someone that does ALOT of travel fine. But the number of people that get Laptops that don't really need them amazes me.....
I just helped build the wife a new comp. MSI Z-170 PC Mate (Lowest 1151 Pin Board they make) with an Intel I7-6700K (First I7 that might actually be more powerful then the vaunted 4790K), and all the hardware needed to run it including new case. Spent just under $1K on it. No GPU yet, but its run everything we've thrown at it just on Integrated. I wouldn't try to run something like TI's Donner Pass, and I haven't tested this (Its her comp), but I think it would run Kickstarter County just fine for instance. I7 Quad Processor's with a decent MoBo IMHO are nothing to sneeze at. I ran TS12 No GPU on an I5-3330 until a couple months before TANE release just fine.
-Falcus