Thanks Bill. Just talked with Samsung SSD and it looks like I'm covered in Canada through USA so that's fine by me. They have a new model 850 pro with 10 years warranty so that looks nice. Similar prices as 840 pro. I suppose we should expect to see the likes of 840 pro to drop in price even more.
I've been checking more laptops. One contender is MSI GS60 pro. My only issue is that with a GS60 I'd have to dish out 1000$ more to get an IPS screen - only found in the 3k version. With having to purchase 8GB ram, ssd, drive caddy for G550JK, the difference is more at 650$ yet, I'm not sure if MSI is worth it for me.
How important is GPU in editing work? It comes in handy for rendering mostly right? The MSI has 870M which is almost twice as powerful compared with 850M.
Andrei