rich_jacko: (find x)
rich_jacko ([personal profile] rich_jacko) wrote2014-02-28 07:29 pm

I see dead PC

Gah! My computer appears to have suddenly died. (To be fair, it has served me pretty well for more than a decade and it was definitely getting slow in its old age.)

Can anyone recommend a decent, inexpensive laptop? I'm not fussed about playing games on it; I just want something that'll cope with the interwebs/Office/Photoshop/etc. With at least a 15" screen and a decent amount of disk space.

Also, I'm pretty sure (or hopeful, at least) that it's the motherboard that's gone rather than the hard drive. There's quite a bit of stuff on there I want to retrieve. What's the best way of doing so? Can you even connect desktop hard drives to a laptop?
little_frank: (TV violence)

[personal profile] little_frank 2014-03-01 11:39 am (UTC)(link)
^ I think Grok's low-energy consumption computer based on laptop tech is fab by the way, so I second his recommendation.