If she's going to use a laptop, it would be worth getting a suitable stand/riser and a separate keyboard for long spells of work. No point getting qualified, getting a job, and suffering all sorts of injuries and conditions due to hunching over a laptop. Some companies won't allow you to work on...
Worth researching everything first, Mac software will probably cost you more than the Mac, there are alternatives:
http://www.garagebandforwindows.org/logic-for-windows-going-pro/
http://www.quora.com/Music-Production/What-is-the-best-PC-alternative-to-Logic-Studio
If you don't fancy the prices, you don't have to have a Mac, Pro Tools is available for PC and Soundtrack Pro is now obsolete, apparently there are both Mac and PC equivalents. After all, Kraftwerk use Sony Vaios and PC software.