>My girlfriend is beautiful, smart, talented, witty, stylish and sexy but is a total computer incompetent.
>Her laptop that runs Windows 8 seems to have been compromised.
>She does email, browsing, and a very, very, occasional Office application.
>We have an anniversary approaching and I'd like to buy her a new machine
>I'm a depression baby, so CHEAP, CHEAP.
>Any suggestions?

At risk of asking specifics, how much money (range) were you willing to spend?