That's the exact problem here. I live in greater Austin, for Pete's sake. But Dell is now a high-end biz machine, or a machine for surfing the Internet. It's not a writing machine.

So I think I'm looking at Toshiba or Apple. I could sell stock and get the Apple, or buy a Toshiba now, and get an Apple when cash is coming in again. A friend has offered to let me use their Apple discount this year, which was a lovely offer.

Thanks for letting me know about your experience!