My favorite thing about Mac's is that they are very sleek. I love how pages collapse down rather than just minimize. :P Stuff like that brings me the joy in life hahaha.
I'm very sorry about your laptop.
I had a laptop that I got for Christmas 2 or so years ago. My brother and I both got one. They were Dell. Mine exploded on the inside, we got it fixed, and a few months later it greeted me with the blue screen of death. It was my fault cause it jumped off the bed one too many times, but it still sucked.
My brother's just stopped charging.
Now my brother has one that he got for school that is a very fancy schmancy HP G60 with a probably 14" screen, built in web cam, etc. and I LOVE it. It's the one I'm saving for. I believe it runs about $600, but it is a GOOD computer. my cousin also has one. He beats it to DEATH and it still runs like the day he got it.