[recycled sixtie]

I have an HP Presario 14 inch laptop that I bought 16 months ago. It has windows 8 and my printer is an older HP Photosmart C4580.

There is a shimmy on the bottom right hand corner of the screen making the icons virtually unreadable. There is no sound at all either. Are these kinds of faults related?
Any suggestions on a fix? Does HP have a bad reputation?

Any suggestions for a non Apple/ibm compatible laptop computer that I should look at in the next few months? I just use a laptop for leisure, emails etc. Use it about 3-4 hours a day.
Your thoughts are appreciated!
Guy