Okay, here goes.
Due to my schooling me and DH will have to move, anywhere across Canada, we don't know until mid-may. It is for an 8 month internship. Because we are moving, we are limited to taking basically what can fit into the trunk of a car. This means that we can't take his computer (it is also 9 years old, so it is going to go dead one day).
He is going to change his position with his company and work from home as a customer service rep. We are thinking of getting a laptop, just because of portability.
The problem is that funds are very limited for us. So we are looking for something new (not refurbished) and around $600.
It will be used for running his work program (which from my understanding his computer connects over the internet to a computer at his work). So email, typing, etc.
He uses it a lot for downloading music, but not for gaming.
Basically we want a stable system, around $600, that can be left on for say 9 hrs a day straight (work day) without worrying about over heating etc. Something a little tough would be good, as he is a bit hard on computers.
Currently I have a dell laptop that is 4 years old. I've had no issues with it. His desktop is a dell that is 9-10 years old and we haven't had any issues with it, outside of some software issues once in a while.
If you could please help us with this, as both of us are limited in our knowledge of laptops.
Plus we are living in Nova Scotia right now, so it has to be an online store, or a store located in Halifax or Sydney.