et lux perpetua luceat eis

my grandfather (on my dad's side) passed away last night.

this was not unexpected. he has had declining health for years, and a bunch of serious health problems (of the sort requiring hospitalization) recently, and within the last week was moved to hospice care.

this is not hitting me as hard as when my mom's father died, which was completely unexpected (and, since it happened to be during the one Escapade I was at, led to me crying hysterically in a room full of slashfen). but. still.

love you, grampa.

computer questions

For the purposes of this post, feel free to assume money is not a concern. (It is, but I would rather figure out what I want, and scale back from there as necessary, than worry in advance about what's affordable &c.)

So. Due to the fact that my laptop is not usable (except in safe mode with b0rked graphics, which pretty much translates to not at all), I am looking at getting a new machine. Windows, because, for all its flaws, it's what I'm used to.

I am leaning strongly towards a desktop, despite my history of laptops, for several reasons, among them: a) modularity, so that e.g. a kablooeyed video card can be solved by /replacing the video card and not the entire freaking motherboard/ ahem; b) modularity, to better adjust for accessibility concerns; and c) it's not like I /can/ use laptops as laptops anyway.

Problem is, I have no idea what I need. (Or want.)

Most of what I do (writing, watching video files, chatting, lots of multitasking) would not be a strain on pretty much any currently-sold machine. Things that are an issue:

* Accessibility. I can't adapt to equipment, so it must adapt to le moi. (I know that's horrid pseudo-French, but shush.) I have a Kinesis Freestyle keyboard that I'm ... sort of still working on getting Right For Me, but anyway ... other suggestions welcome though.

* Gaming. Guild Wars and WoW. Not simultaneously, but, y'know. Need to have stuff that copes with those.

Any suggestions or info would be awesome...