Is that a Blues Song or a Bluegrass solo? :-P

Seriously, get a good UPS - I spent 10% of the value of my PC 12 years ago - and the UPS is the only thing still working! :-)

The UPS saves an amazing amount of nasty stuff getting into the PC - I regularly see brownouts, pulses, glitches, etc in the desk light, but the PC never misses a beat - and the UPS will work for almost ever.

Cheap Investment, even for a laptop.