#2 son brought home a laptop from his boss' husband with the words, "if you can get it to work, it's yours" ...time will tell if we've just scored a bargain, or just another boatanchor to add to the general clutter. We don't even have a power cord to charge it up so we can see if it boots or not. I just bought a refurbed laptop on ebay for $300, just in case...

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