My old desktop is regularly crashing and I plan to give it up in favor of a new laptop. I need a laptop that will be good for a home recording studio and also to take on the road for field recording. Some recommendations appreciated fairly quickly because this desktop will not last much longer. (Two blue screens of death this morning...)

No, I don't want a MAC, although my sons tell me it's best for music and graphics (both of which I am heavily involved in). Don't have time or energy for the steep learning curve.

Anybody have strong feelings about a particular PC laptop?