On Vacation - computer crashes - oh what fun

It is my kids school vacation so we are down in Florida at the Sandpiper Club Med which is really great for families.  My computer worked fine the morning of the trip but when I tried to start it up on the plane so my son could watch a movie it would not boot up!  I know it is vacation but i had hoped to do some work for my new online store The Mommy Card (www.themommycard.com).  I really wanted to spend some time creating some new cards and expanding on some new cards for college students to use.  I've had so much problems with my HP laptop.  I am thinking of getting a Macintosh for my next computer - I hear they don't crash, is this true?  Of course the only thing holding me back is that I have Photoshop CS2 for Windows and that costs a lot of $$ to buy again in Mac format. So I brought my computer to the local Circuit City and a day later (and $60) they said my hard drive is bad and I lost everything and they don't have a hard drive in stock that will work with my computer. (oh boy -more fun!)  Luckily I backed my comuter up on my Maxtor drive before I left so at least I will not have lost everything. Advice to you all - Back up your computer!!!

It is so hot down here in Florida.  In NH we hardly have hot days like these except maybe in August.