Maybe the laptop is going to be a present? Maybe she asked for advice?

Thumbs up on this proposition!

If you're in a hurry, System76: https://system76.com/ Otherwise, I'd go for a Purism laptop: https://www.crowdsupply.com/pu... now on pre-order, shipping begins April 2015.

It's a mystery of the Faith.

I find your lack of faith in the Force of AI disturbing.

Better specs? Does it come with free/open firmware? With no un-replaceable hard-coded bootloader crypto-keys? With hardware that has free software drivers and does not need proprietary firmware blobs? If it does not, it does not have "better specs" according to the Librem's primary concern: "A Free/Libre Software Laptop That Respects Your Essential Freedoms".

I'd be happy to have "a six-pack of prophets handy" for terrorists to smear with swearwords instead of kalashnikoving me.

A verbal offence ought to be countered by a verbal retortion. No physical action, much less any action carried out with the intention of killing, could ever be justified by something someone said.

When I run that fast my typing becomes awful.

200 mls on a single charge... makes me wonder why my laptop still doesn'r run over 4hrs on a full charge (6 cell battery).

Ditto.

Wasn't everything Apple supposed to be the best?

Meditate. See the Real One Reality of Things. Enlighten.
And finally develop the Superpowers!

There was a time when technology was based on science. Today we learn it's based on faith (Bill Gates said that for several years he has been a believer in the idea of LENR).

If only Lonely Planet would advice people what Italian policemen mean when they ask you for a cup of coffee. I's all their fault, I think I'm going to sue them.