State of Server/Computer recommendation

[DoktoorRoksteady]

Hello,

I have a few questions - sorry if this is not the right forum.

I played a bard on Vallon Zek from early 2000 till the Zek merger during live and have chars on all 3 of the current P1999 servers.

I haven't played in several years and have the itch to come back. Here's my questions and issues:

1. I would probably play my characters on Green or start a new one there. What's going on on the server right now succinctly?

2. I need a computer recommendation. I always played on a desktop. I need a new laptop because I'm using an old Macbook that I never gave back to my old job when I quit and I don't have an admin pw to load anything on it. I don't want to use an Apple product - if someone could point me in a good direction on what to get, I'd appreciate it.

3. I tried to log in to the forums on my old login and it says I've been banned for racistism/biggotry... WTF? That's absolutely insane and I don't know what's up with that as I've never said a racist/bigoted thing in my life.

I'm wondering if/how I can discuss the details with a mod? Also, is my account in-game banned as well? Is there a way to know if I was hacked?

I really don't want to go through the trouble of buying a new computer and loading the game on it, only to find that I have to start from scratch - I've done that enough times already.

Thanks in advance,

Dok