Roy, just as with laptops, you will get a wide variety of suggestions for DAWs that mirror the ones we already own. The nice difference is that you can download demos of many DAWs and try them. All DAWs do the same basic functions, so it's mostly a matter of how you feel about the user interface (and that does differ greatly).

Don't forget that you already have a DAW that comes free with BIAB, called RealBand. Give that a try first.

And I concur with Guitarhacker that most laptops will be fine, but you need a good interface.

If it means anything, I like Toshiba laptops and I use SONAR.

BIAB 2025 Win Audiophile. Software: Studio One 7 Pro, Swam horns, Acoustica-7, Notion 6, Song Master Pro, Win 11 Home. Hardware: Intel i9, 32 Gb; Roland Integra-7, Presonus 192 & Faderport 8, Royer 121, Adam Sub8 & Neumann 120 monitors.