Willie the Tech Man's picks for software and hardware:

Laptop: Macbook Pro 15" Retina, Acer Chromebook 14

Tablet: iPad Pro (Good alternative: iPad Mini, Pixel C)

Smartphone: Although I use the iPhone 6s Plus, I recommend the iPhone 7 Plus (Good alternative: iPhone 7, Pixel Phone, OnePlus 3, iPhone SE, Moto X Pure Edition, HTC 10, Moto G4)

Smart Watch: Apple Watch (Good alternative: LG Watch R, Moto 360, LG Watch Urbane)

Browser: Chrome (Good alternative: Safari, Vivaldi, Firefox, Opera)

Password Management: LastPass (Good alternative: 1Password)

Streaming Music: Apple Music (works with Android too!) (Good alternative: Spotify, Pandora, Google Play Music)

Cloud Storage: OneDrive (Good alternative: Dropbox, iCloud)

Backup: Carbonite, SpiderOak (Good alternative: Crashplan)

Website: Squarespace (Good alternative: Wix)

Domain Registration: Google Domains, Domain.com (Good alternative: Hover)

TV Accessories: Google Chromecast, Amazon Fire TV Stick (Good alternative: Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, TiVO)

Internet TV: PlayStation Vue, Hulu, CBS All Access, Amazon Prime, YouTube Red, Seeso (Good alternative: Netflix, Sling TV)

Audiobooks: Audible