Hello Cathy,
If you are going to be on-the-go a lot, shoot for the Compaq Presario V6000
http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/sh..._components.do
The screen is a nice 15.4 inch
If you are not always on-the-go,
Shoot for any one of the Lenovo Notebooks (there are many that may suit you)
http://shop.lenovo.com/us/notebooks/
Hope this helped, please post any further questions here about the computers here!
Also welcome to the forums!
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