Get a Powerbook. You may scuff at the thought of a Mac. But think about it. It will never crash, you wont get any virus', there is no need to "restart to save settings". In fact, you never need to shut it down, ever, as long as the battery is charged. The only downside is games. But no one plays games on notebooks anyway. As far as programs, like Microsoft Office. There is a free program called Open Office, and you can do everything in Open Office as you can in Microsoft Office.