[bloodhound31]

Before my laptop carks it, I think it might be wise to look into the next computer.

I've had it with laptops and really want the SPEED and power of a good desktop to be able to handle volumes of processing without having to go make a coffee while I wait for Photoshop to convert a 16bit image to an 8.

What sort of things should I be looking for? What does all that core/intel/centrino/duo stuff mean?

A decent monitor would be good too....

AND, I really like XP. Been using it for years. Surely there's nothing better yet.

Not going Mac.

Baz.