Wanted: New Computer NOW!

It's been pretty much a non-eventful day today, probably the highlight of the day was finding out the JB Hi-Fi outlet at Westfield Kotara opens next Thursday and they have Six Feet Under Season Five for a nicely priced $24.95 - I don't have much money at the moment, so I'll probably charge it.

Late in the afternoon my computer was most unfortunate to experience 'the blue screen of death'. The HD is obviously on its way out, despite the recovery check I executed via the recovery console suite, saying the disc was fine. Thankfully after this check everything performed normally, or as normally as my drive will allow - it comes up with a 'Master File Table is corrupt' error a thousand times. When I eventually get some more solid work the first thing I'm going to do is buy the new Dell $3000 secret beast featured in this month's PC Authority - it's supposed to be an exceptional beast, and I might buy a $4000 monitor to go with it - why not blow some money to get a good system - it's definitely worth it.

Next computer purchase I'm avoiding supermarket ALDI PC specials and getting something decent again. The Medion died a tragic half-death around this time last year and has morphed into a now half-working machine since the HD is on its way out, hence why I rely on my external HD (perhaps the most intelligent purchase I made this year seeing I almost lost 2000 emails).

Mind you if anyone can help me out with a new replacement beast to ensure computer reliability until then, I won't say no :)