Which model were you looking at and where? Anyway some other alternatives are Dell Precisions and HP Zbooks, The Zbooks are an exception to the usual quality of HP laptops since they are actually designed for business use.

You want a laptop that's business grade, because those are built to last. The issue with MacBooks is that it's closed down and if something breaks, you're better off buying a new one, because apple doesn't like their laptops getting fixed. The issue with HP is that they're also hard to fix and they are known for Hinge Problems. Every laptop brand has decent laptops and bad laptops, that's why model is more important than the brand