That is indeed the question.
If you follow me on Twitter (or on Facebook) you will be aware that my five year old laptop bit the dust last weekend. Considering it is a brand that isn't even made anymore (anyone know who Packard Bell became in the end?) and the fact that for a computer it is fairly ancient, the solution is to hope for a hard drive retrieval and replace it... somehow. Given that I practically live on computers when I have assignments due, using the family computer is out of the question. SB's computer lacks Microsoft Office and again, I live on it. As much as I want to be able to manage without a computer until the end of the year (well, until I am earning $$$ again), at the moment I just don't know that it is manageable.
Dad is currently putting his feelers out at work to see if anyone has a laptop going lonely at the moment - baby-sitting someone else's laptop until I'm earning full time seems like a fairly good solution. If that falls through, it may be that I need to use the Ma & Pa Scribbles Bank and get a loaner to buy new.
Should that happen, I'm definitely exploring the idea of purchasing a Mac. I know that a lot of you readers use your comps for the same thing as me - some docs, photos, minor video editing, personal organisation and productivity plus a lot of NET stuff. What do you all use? PC or Mac? What do you recommend? What specs do you run? Geek out on me Scribblettes!
