Excuse the formatting.  Copying it over from OpenOffice it threw off my tab marks and things.  I've included references for all my sources at the bottom (end).

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Well, I have finally bout a new laptop to replace my aging desktop PC. Why a laptop? I frequently support friends and family, so I wanted a system that I could take with me so I had all my tools handy.

I bought (from Costco) a HP DV6253CL (6200 series) laptop.
It has the following configuration:

A history of my computers, such as they (were?) are: