Thanks everyone for your ideas and suggestions. I have had an Iphone for about 5 years now and will never ever use anything else. I know that Mac products don't play well with other companies, and I wondered how I could transfer my photos etc off the Dell onto Mac if I get their laptop. I figure the people at Apple can help me with that. I know that I can get a discount at the university my DIL works at so I just need to figure out which laptop I want. My husband has an older Ipad and I bought him the Ipad Air for Christmas which he loves. They are not my thing at all, I just can't surf on them like my lap. So thanks everyone.