Any advice on laptop?

Hey, my Razer laptop just broke on me after I’ve been using it for it for 5 years to make beats. I went to apple today to get a new laptop MacBook m4pro(48gb ram +1ttb ssd)after some upgrades the total came out to $4300 with apple care. Driving back home I was thinking $4300 is a lot to spend on a laptop and currently thinking of returning it I was wondering if anyone knows any other laptop under 3k that’s good for not just making beats but can also handle recording and lots of vsts or is this my best option. Appreciate any feedback!