I need a laptop to run Premiere Pro, After Effects & More - advice please!

Hi All,
I'm migrating from a Macbook Pro (which is getting old) - and because of budget and future upgrades would rather buy me a windows machine.......I love my Mac!
Looking at gaming machines which sort of have the specs I require (is that the right route?) - but is a brand that people turn to on the windows side of laptops that:
: Have the specs and more that Adobe deem necessary to run their Apps - I run Pp, Ae, An, Ps, Ai & Mu
: Can be upgraded
: Doesn't weight a ton
: Doesn't slack on outputs
: Is reasonable priced
Any advice would be handy! Many thanks!

Search the forums or use the "More Like This" column on the right hand side the screen by your posting as a good starting point then come back with some specific questions. Lots of recent discussions on ASUS and MSI gaming machines. If you can quantify your above requirements a little bit it will help us help you. This response comes from my refurbished ASUS G750JW with memory and two SSD upgrade drives. I love it but there may be better starting points today.

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General
ID                               : 0 (0x0)
Complete name                    : F:\AVI\Video\SourceMedia\00023.MTS
Format                           : BDAV
Format/Info                      : Blu-ray Video
File size                        : 61.8 MiB
Duration                         : 19s 616ms
Overall bit rate mode            : Variable
Overall bit rate                 : 26.4 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate         : 28.0 Mbps
Video
ID                               : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID                          : 1 (0x1)
Format                           : AVC
Format/Info                      : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile                   : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC           : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames        : 2 frames
Format settings, GOP             : M=1, N=12
Codec ID                         : 27
Duration                         : 19s 680ms
Bit rate mode                    : Variable
Bit rate                         : 25.1 Mbps
Maximum bit rate                 : 26.0 Mbps
Width                            : 1 920 pixels
Height                           : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio             : 16:9
Frame rate                       : 50.000 fps
Color space                      : YUV
Chroma subsampling               : 4:2:0
Bit depth                        : 8 bits
Scan type                        : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame)               : 0.242
Stream size                      : 58.8 MiB (95%)
Audio
ID                               : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID                          : 1 (0x1)
Format                           : AC-3
Format/Info                      : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension                   : CM (complete main)
Codec ID                         : 129
Duration                         : 19s 680ms
Bit rate mode                    : Constant
Bit rate                         : 256 Kbps
Channel(s)                       : 2 channels
Channel positions                : Front: L R
Sampling rate                    : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth                        : 16 bits
Compression mode                 : Lossy
Stream size                      : 615 KiB (1%)
Text
ID                               : 4608 (0x1200)
Menu ID                          : 1 (0x1)
Format                           : PGS
Codec ID                         : 144
Duration                         : 19s 135ms

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