Re: I need a new laptop
Ohh I gave her the most relevant advice via pm already… 
Btw, get Macs if you like the customer service experience (live close by to an apple store) and like the build of the machine. Don’t get fooled by whole OS X is better than Win 7, because it ain’t and in fact, Win 7 is better in some respects compared to OS X (has gestures but win 7 doesn’t if you are into those). In fact, my win 7 computer hasn’t crashed (apple to apple) using the same stuff I do on OS X while running SSD. My OS X has frozen and crashed couple of times just in the past month (it does happen) and has had two SSD replacements, so don’t be too hyped about Apple.