I'm not computer/IT savvy & the availability out there now is so immense it’s borderline ridiculous! I don't have the time to spend hours searching for 'what is the best laptop' & comparing all the hardware/software etc for everything out there, but I would really appreciate some advice for currently available laptops out there at the minute. I bought a netbook a couple of years ago & while it's very sweet, it just never had the capability for what I needed so I don't want to make the same mistake again in wasting money I absolutely don’t have on something that will never be functional for me. I need something that has excellent & fast word processing capacity: I am finishing off writing my thesis so I need to work with large word documents. I also need to use simultaneously Excel, PowerPoint, the internet plus several other random software packages for statistical analyses/referencing/image analysis etc. I need it to be fast!!! I can’t bear having to struggle along with a laptop or software that clearly can’t cope with being used simultaneously. I don’t do gaming so guessing that graphics isn’t top priority, but speed & capability is. Did I say I need it to be fast??? It does, it needs to be fast otherwise my stress levels rise incomprehensibly. I just want stuff to open quickly & do what I want them to do when I want them to do it….quickly…I don’t really understand what lies behind it…I just want to click on stuff…it opens fast ….it does what I want it to do. I don’t want to skimp on what I buy so am guessing anywhere up to around £1000 is possible. Of course, if I didn’t have to spend that much that’d be great, but I’d rather spend more & get something that will do exactly what I want it to do….quickly….for the next 3 – 5 years than buy something that will only see me through for the next 12 months!!! This is a major investment for me: I’m very poor & have been saving for months & getting by on my daughters laptop which is generally not bad, but she got pressurised into ‘lending’ it to me (I did that) as I now work away during the week on top of everything else, but she’s desperate for her laptop back as she’s doing her A-levels and I feel horribly guilty for keeping it from her. I would very much appreciate some basic English non-tech advice on where to go as I need to get something in the next week or two. As I am still registered as a student, I can buy Office through my uni at a very reasonable price so that per-se isn’t an issue…many thanks in advance for any advice.