I had an accident with a two and half year old laptop spec as follows

Intel® Pentium® M processor 760 - 2.0GHz clock speed, 2MB L2 cache, 533MHz FSBGenuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition1GB DDR2 RAM, 533MHz80GB 5400rpm SATA Hard Drive17'' WXGA wide screen display (1440x900)256MB NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX graphicsDVD/CD-RW/Dual Layer DVD-RW DriveWireless Mini PCI 802.11abg (54Mbps) LANv90 56k modemVirtual 8 channel audio and speakersCD/DVD creation software, video editing and DVD playback software.Microsoft® Works 8.0Built-in card reader (MS/Pro, SD, MMC)Ports - 4xUSB2.0, Firewire, Serial, VGA, DVI, PCMCIA, SPDI/F out, parallel, TV Out,Weight - 3.8kgDimensions - 397mmx293mmx44.9mm

It was determined beyond economic repair.. and so they offered the following.. which arrived next day

http://vaio.sony.co.uk/view/ShowProd...y=VN+AR+Series

HOW CHUFFED AM I