After an odd noise coming from my computer's fan I brought my computer in to tech support (geek squad) to get it repaired. They said that it will take 3-5 weeks to repair. And they refused to give me a loner (I've been able to get one for the last 2 years from them) So to sum up I will only be able to check email/forums/etc periodically until January 5th at the earliest.
peter
peter