Hi, to save me telling the entire back story on a public messageboard, which portable Mac would you recommend now?

Man who is used to Macs and Snow Leopard;
Has been gravely ill but in enforced retirement has decided to study for a degree;
Must have a keyboard - and mouse!
Budget no object within reason;
Will use it for writing, research, email - nothing heavy duty.

Preliminary research (it has been a while since I bought new Macs and they were IMac desktops) leads me to MacBook Pro? That's a question.......

He would need his new Mac to be as familiar as possible to the existing iMacs: keyboard, large screen, easy to navigate, but the world has moved on.

Many thanks in advance for helpful advice.