I have an Acer Aspire, Windows 8 - touch pad screen. I got it for Christmas. It's a wonderful computer, but the touch screen part may be a little more money than you're looking into. Besides, if your mom is a laptop hog, consider putting a password on the PC so she doesn't use it? I have 6 laptops in my closet that are all mine... XD And I have the 7th one that I'm using now ((the Acer)). Anyway, I don't know what it's like not having things to yourself. In my family, members don't usually share their belongings. But not sure... However, I do recommend getting a Windows 7/8 laptop for sure - Macs aren't my strongest suit. As for the map crashing and the FH.exe stop working: Mine does that all the time. And my computer is perfectly fine. Just be sure when you reinstall FH that you make a copy of your files such as your maps you created and place them on your desktop so you don't lose them. Another way to solve this is maybe making a thread on the help boards and see if any staff could help resolve your issue. c: Hope everything works out well! BTW: DO NOT get a Chromebook!! You can't play ANY games on a Chromebook - my friend has one and she cannot download literally a-n-y-t-h-i-n-g! Those PC's are strictly for work and documents. NOT a gaming computer!