Moratorium: Blue Screen of Death

My laptop has been giving me the Blue Screen of Death every day for the past two months. I have backed everything up, but I was still quite worried when the newest BSofDeath said "Wiping Hardrive" and "Dumping disk information." 

Bottom line is, I will not be having internet for the next few days, like it matters. But I would really like to have a working laptop when I return. 

I keep waiting for my computer to explode at my fingertips any day now. 

The line below the bottom line is: I need an affordable and appropriate for college use laptop. Help. Ideas. Reviews. And NOT a Mac. I can't spend my life savings here people. And it must be lightweight - my other one weighed roughly 8 lbs. Not fun hauling the first-world problem I seem to be having back and forth from the library ten times a day. 

Request:

laptop

affordable

college use

Good memory GB

Not a Mac

lightweight

has skype camera

CD/DVD drive

SD card memory slot

USB things

at least a 10" screen

preferably not the extra number keypad on the right side

now go, find me the best laptop. I've done all of the consumer reports and sales research. Now I want to hear from the general public.