Boo,
My old laptop served me well for nearly four years, but about three weeks ago it bit the dust. Went out the same day and bought a Gateway MX-6128 with wide screen, lots of bells and whistles, then added another 512-gigs of memory which made it lightning fast. $749 at Circuit City before a $70 rebate. Everything's easy to read, bright screen, and I still have my Dell for a backup. The Dell was only used for a half-dozen jobs while I set this one up the way I wanted it.
Take that money from under the mattress, get the new computer and the mattress will be a lot more comfortable.
Good Luck,
Gary
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Travlin' Easy
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PSR-S950, TC Helicon Harmony-M, Digitech VR, Samson Q7, Sennheiser E855, Custom Console, and lots of other silly stuff!
K+E=W (Knowledge Plus Experience = Wisdom.)