timmmay:

FineWine:

timmmay: Just checked, no fixed budget but would rather pay less for a lesser machine than more for a better machine.

Not being rude, but is she going to outlast the machine or is the machine going to outlast her ?

I got a text today that she's spent more of the day using a sledge hammer to break up concrete, which probably answers your question.

I wouldn't have her buy something expensive, because she broke the last one with both water damage and mechanical damage to the screen, and that was a Lenovo.