Anyone got a spare laptop?
My previous posting was prompted by a corrupt hard drive on my desktop machine which I have now resolved.
And now, with just 8 days to go until a business trip to the US, my 3 year old Sony Vaio has decided to stop working. It's developed some sort of hardware fault with its screen that has made it unusable. Sony are picking it up on Monday to investigate and give me a quote for repairing it but there's no way they can do it in time for my trip.
3 years is a pretty good life span for a laptop and I have been frustrated with its performance lately so it was probably about time to upgrade anyway.
Sony have just launched their next-generation Vaio SZ which looks like the ideal replacement (dual core, big disk, 7 hours battery life etc.) but they won't be available in time. The frustrating thing is that they look to be reasonably priced and will probably even be available during my trip to the states but that doesn't help me at all.
Ideally I need a laptop by Wednesday morning to give me enough time to get everything set up that I need for the trip. The timing couldn't be much worse.