I decided to get an HP desktop thingumy. It's an i5, 8 gb RAM, 2 TB disk, etc etc. Takes five seconds to open Lightroom! That's awesome, especially as the previews work in "real time" now, rather than 30 second waiting times.
The old machine has been formatted and is now munching it's way through my DVD collection in the living room. I'm using Media Browser through Media Centre. Ripped using WinX platinum at the same audio and image quality as the original dvd.
Happy!
Pete
