Laptop or desktop ...which is best? Any recommendations?

[bluenosesaint]

Hiya

I currently have a desktop PC but have very little working space and would like to get a laptop.

Are laptops as good as desktops?? I don't want to get a laptop and then regret it instantly

I have a limited budget (around 400 quid, maybe a little more) has anyone got any recommendations?

I don't do anything hugely fancy on the PC and mainly use it for surfing the net and storing photographs. I do do some office work (using Word and Excel mainly) and would like a DVD re-writer.

Can you help?

Thanks in advance xx

By the way, my laptop has just died (can't find hal.dll). Apparently, this means I have to get a new one. (Am using dh's desktop atm). I am v v v v v v v v v upset - it had 100 gig harddrive and I'd only filled 40% of it, in two years!! And I've lost all of it.

Barstable: you don't need a new laptop, you need to reinstall windows. you will lose all your stuff, but it's an hour's work rather than a whole new machine.