Replying to Computer Help! (buying)

Alright so unfortunately the screen on my HP DV7 I got back in 2010 just died on me. (screen shot out)

So I'm in the market for a new computer. I'd like to keep it under $1000. The DV7 I got on sale for under $400 bucks and I loved that up until now, but I'm not sure I"ll be able to get the same value I did then...

I want something about 15", that is super durable and just made to run well.

So what are some suggestions? I would probably prefer to stay with PC, I don't really like Windows 8 but I guess you can run it mostly like windows 7 now so that would be fine I'm sure.

What about like the surface things? Are they any good? Never really been a fan of tablets but if people have really good experience with some of those new tablet quasi laptop type things let me know.