No Sam, no special stories other than over a decade of using Apple and being very satisfied with the products and the support. No viruses and a much less complicated overall experience. The stock (APPL) looks real strong here too. have you ever been to an Apple Store? Check it out. They have a bar set up in the back of the store called the Genius Bar. You can walk in there, sit on a barstool and hash out anything you want to know about your computer. Compare that to dealing with some broken English speaking Third World service technician. I did buy a Compaq Presario notebook and sure as hell I got my first experience with a virus. It was that wormblaster. Shut me offline for 3-4 days. The young lady in India was very patient with me as I went step by step through some fairly complex processes to debug the virus and fix the mess that Microsoft left me by leaving my computer so vulnerable BY DESIGN. But to get back to the more relevant question of your daughter's needs, I wound up dropping the laptop on my marble floor. I doubt she's as clumsy and careless as I am.