^ ... "fun" was sarcasm ...
... I did not want to spend that much for a stupid laptop when I could have bought a PC for way less than half the cost of a Mac, however, then we'd have to deal with all of the viruses, spyware, and frequent "blue screen of death" episodes ...
- it's too bad that he couldn't have used Windows 2000 Pro Server as an OS for the software - it would have literally cut the cost (just for the laptop) in half ...
... but - at least he'll be all set for the next 4yrs - and I even paid for the extended warranty so that I do NOT have to replace it as well as their anti-theft software ... sooooooo ... at least everything is all covered and he'll have plenty of whatever computer needs he'll have ...