My PC-days are over and well accounted for
I don't understand what you mean by "having so many problems running Win 7 on a Mac", since I so far haven't had a single one! ....
I've run bootcamp since it's introduction many years ago for gaming purposes and to this day it has been behaving exactly like a "normal PC" while running Windows.
Back to the question; you think the Laptop would be the best coice?
Regards,
THNP