Sorry but the only BSODs I get are from hardware failures which is not windows related.

Tweaking to keep in running reliably? Yea sure only if go installing every little crap junk program you can find on the internet. I install only the programs i need and i never have problems.

I can get a good windows desktop for what maybe 800(600 on slickdeals) then a macbook pro that has the graphics capability so it doesnt suck is what 1800?

Sorry but thats bigtime fail to me. Sorry but if reliability is an issue then just install a free linux distro