If you plan to game on it, you are going to love the difference a windows machine can bring. Also with a price budget of 3500, you could build probably 2 of the most powerful pcs available for the price of the one mac lol. I would suggest going for AMD as it is cheaper and handles shaders better than intel. They are also cheaper and faster. You can get an 8 core with heavy lifting power for 3 or 4 hundred. I am a professional computer tech if you need any support feel free to reach out to me and I can help you out.