We all know that feeling. You're on a business trip or long-planned vacation, posting pics of your latest adventures on Facebook while sipping a much-needed vanilla latte when, quite suddenly, said vanilla latte ends up all over your keyboard. Your screen freezes, essential operations stop and the world as you know comes to an abrupt and graceless halt. What to do? If you happen to be in Edinburgh, fear not, salvation is neigh.

The best place to take an ailing laptop in technological cardiac arrest (even American models) is the PC Doctor. They'll initially give you free advice and a quote, then fix things up pretty quickly. They deal with PCs and Macs. They are located in the New Town and their website is www.pcdoc.co.uk

If your laptop is a Mac and you have a software issue, there is a massive Apple Store and tech service department in Glasgow. The address is 147 Buchanan Street. Get the train from Edinburgh's Waverly Station to either Queen Street or Glasgow Central Station, and you're a 5 minute walk away.