Ash HN: Laptop suggestions?

Want to get two laptops for Christmas- one for me and one for my wife. Looking in the $500-$1500 range for each. I plan to be doing development on it, some light audio and video editing (files only- don't need to interface). She just needs email, browsing, and word processing. WiMax would be neat but probably wouldn't use it/don't live in a big city/there are no cheap WiMax plans yet we would pay for or need. WiDi would be neat but it looks like it is still too new to be settled down and supported and we already have a computer hooked to the TV. USB 3.0 seems like a no brainer option to get. Not sure about video out; we won't be doing external monitor, but she is in sales and might need to do a presentation at some point, but almost everything has some sort of video out (VGA, DVI, etc.), and we don't need HDMI out. Would like something that would last a while. Wife has always done Windows and not computer/tech savvy, and recently has stated that she is not into Apple, but I think maybe she is just saying that because we've always been Windows and Linux at home at least. For work, I've had macbook pro for years. Any suggestions?