One thing I meant to mention is I will get one of these things:

http://www.protectcovers.com/

Check it out, under twenty bucks and keeps out grime of all kinds from getting in between the keys. I am going to get one for the Yahoo multimedia keyboard I share with jackie because he regularly spills drinks around here. BUt I will get one of those protectors for the laptop for sure. And I want to get the lojack locator anti-theft thing too, I think it will be a great system, but I worry about things breaking like hinges or the screen/monitor. How well do they wear?

Thanks for posting again Bobbi and you too Wiz!