I see dead PC

[rich_jacko]

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?

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[sandra-lindsey.livejournal.com]

Have a look at Lenovo ThinkPads - that's what we went for when getting Tom a new machine for the business. They're pretty versatile, do-everything-you-expect, non-specialist machines and not too bad a price (due to timing we were able to take advantage of a black friday deal so got a higher spec than originally planned)