Garnet Psaltery

I don't know ... moles?

I admit I've stayed with Asus for a long time, since it's been Chillblast's favourite, and they seem to know what they're about. Sadly they're only in the business of providing new machines.

@Pussycat Catnap I doubt it's infected as I've run Kaspersky for years. The external media option is a good one; I just need to psych myself up to face reformatting in extremis.

I was going to watch Ragnarok next but Stranger was so good and @Pamela Galli told me about the writer being the same so I have to try this.

Don't worry @Syn Anatine, we all get caught out - I did 19 hours ago

Reboot pending

To answer @Lillith Hapmouche and @Pussycat Catnap. My machines so far have cost between £2,500 to £3,000, mostly from Chillblast. I got this one over 4 years ago and the CPU is 6 years old. The main problems at the moment are 1) that it fails to start up about once a fortnight - it just hangs there with a spinning circle of dots until I switch it off at the machine and restart, and 2) the fans are working noticeably harder. I used to be able to make small changes, like replacing memory sticks and the graphics card but my concentration is not what it used to be and I'm reluctant to tinker with what I have without something to back it up. Specs are:-

Remember it's two out of four .... going back to Belinda's ... plus she's still mentioning chocolate ... Buy chocolate for me

I crave chocolate things

I'm in the UK and not currently a member of eBay but that's easily fixed. Well, the eBay bit is anyway

Provoking ideas

I'll just be over here going wibble.

@cheesecurd That's very helpful, thank you. Cheap and reliable would be the way to go but good enough to be enjoyable.

@ErukaVonD Thank you, I've begun looking up possibilities with that useful info.

@Jaide Beck I'm over in Belli now but I need to know where to look. The Moles are building in several regions. If you don't know what region it's in tell me where you are. Stop reading your profile and pay attention if you want help.

What region?

@Jaide BeckIn what region did you hear this sound?

I've thought

Railway buffet I love railways

Railway children

My pc is getting on a bit and I have to start saving up for a replacement. This will take a while so I'm looking for a laptop that will get me by if the pc fails before I've saved enough (quite likely). I've never had a laptop so I've little clue what to look for, and it needs to connect to my nice big monitor or I'll have trouble reading text. Does anyone have some advice on a purchase? I do read reviews but I'm just getting confused.

Railway station Yes, I still call it that

My highlighting. They sound like the members of a grunge band.

Ahead lately

Chocolate fuels important things