botherd: (death by computer)
botherd ([personal profile] botherd) wrote2009-07-04 05:36 pm

Appropriate icon is appropriate.

Okay, it's time for me to face facts: my laptop, which has served me terribly for the last three years, has now reached the level of falling-apart* that means it needs to be replaced.

The problems with this are twofold:
- I have no money
- I know nothing about computers

Does anyone know what sort of laptop I can get that will a) WORK, and b) not be too expensive? (My budget is probs around £400.) All I know is that I'm never getting a Packard Bell again, because this thing is the biggest pile of shit ever. Obviously with that budget I'm not going to get the shiniest computer ever, but I'd just like something that, you know, won't regularly die on me.

*I'm so close to sticking it back together with gaffer tape, you guys. When I say "falling apart", I do mean LITERALLY.**
**And, yes, I know I could just get the hinge fixed, but it fails in myriad other ways too.

[identity profile] siviusx.livejournal.com 2009-07-04 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
400 is tight, but I've always been a fan of ASUS and Toshibas, which are quite durable and not as assy as Dells and HPs. And Packard Bells, apparently.

[identity profile] botherd.livejournal.com 2009-07-04 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Cool, thanks! I'll see what I can find.

[identity profile] lovely-noise.livejournal.com 2009-07-05 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
HAWT ICON IS HAWT