Laptop down-what to replace it with...

My laptop died the other day. I am trying to determine th best course of action. I don't want another laptop-my track record with them isn't great. This lAst one is barely 3 yes old and I'm not sure why it died. I only use my computers for fb twitter blogging and saving photos. Eventually I'd like to make some money from working on my computer (photography stuff) but right now I just like social media and could probably get away with a tablet. But I can't figure out which. I'm leaning towards iPad but there are others that are a lil more reasonably priced. Do any of you have experience with tablets? I'm looking/comparing ipda and nexus 7 google thing. Thanks