My wife has an old Mac Mini she's been stringing along since 2009, my daughter a macbook and I have a company I-phone. I just don't like the Apple Os and user interface as much as Windows but they are dependable products and I never have to mess with anything to keep them running. They pretty much maintain themselves even for users who know nothing about computers.
I have used HP and Dell laptops with I-7 and 17" screens at work and both are good dependable products, especially with Windows 7 or 10. I just prefer to get a bit more under the hood to solve my own problems and so I lean towards Windows, not Apple for that reason as well. I've thought about trying to upgrade the Mac Mini though. It's getting pretty old and slow.
Not laptop related but, for my personal home use I've built a home theater PC with a networked TV tuner and cloud capable network storage so I can access all my media from my home when I travel. I can use my phone to program recordings, stream home movies, family photos, music, movies or TV recordings to my phone or company laptop as long as I have a decent wifi connection.