Thinking about gadgets

I remembered I have a portable hard drive from a friend and that I need to get it right away because I plan to have the lappy re-installed so the OS will run as fast. But first thing to do is to copy the files off to another drive for back-up. I check ordinateurs portables, an online store and see what are the prices now on the latest gadgets. I'm surprised to see other items are still expensive. I wish I have a MAC that's reliable and will last twice (maybe more) than the ordinary laptops do. If I can save, maybe I can get one for my next birthday.