No laptop will last if kids are going to bang on it, on a regular basis. I think all HP, Dell, Toshiba are cheap junk and they will break down in 2-4 years. Asus are good laptops. The best windows laptop would be Lenovo (formally IBM thinkpad), these are sturdy and will last. I would probably buy a used Mac Pro laptop on craigslist, they have great processors, ram, last a long time but are more expensive