Buying a new laptop

Mr Pip think he needs a new laptop. His 4 year old Acer is very slow. Maybe he should just try re-installing windows on it again? And create an image backup this time so it can be easily restored? If it wasn't for the slow speed, he wouldn't really need a new laptop... 

He read about some cool free imaging backup software here :http://lifehacker.com/5303067/five-best-free-system-restore-tools