Lack of Postings recently

You may have noticed that posts have been sparse this past week. The reason is my Laptop has decided to go tits up. Sony Vaio it is (or was, in the bin now).

Anyone any recommendations on a good make of Laptop to buy, Advent? , Toshiba? Dell? A Sony again?

Newswire is still active only just a bit sparse on the postings until a new laptop can be found.

Bare with me.