Sorry for the long delay, my 2 year old Dell (or actually maybe even less than that) decided to give up the ghost and no longer read the charger since I dropped it. Being a cheap piece of shit the plastic gave and bent the pin inside and even Best Buy couldn't recommend anything except sending it out for $300-400 to replace the charging set. I only paid $500 for the damn thing in the first place!

Last time I had issues with my computer (oddly, charging issues again, although I finally got that one a new charger since it was the cord that broke, not the computer) I panicked, ran to Best Buy and ended up with the Dell POS. This time I had an iPad to fall back on to access the internet so I asked for advice from the chat forum and spent more to get a quality product.

Asus (like my 10+ old one that's still going strong), https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0786TPWBP/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Vivobook, 256 GB SSD + 1TB HDD, 8G RAM with slot to upgrade to 16, Windows 10, 15" screen 3.7 lbs. Under $1,000. Score.

It arrived yesterday and I've been loading my old files which is a drop in the bucket on this memory storage. One thing I learned very well from past computers dying is KEEP A REGULAR BACKUP. You'll lose some stuff, but I back everything important up on flash drives (literally, I have 3 with different update dates) so it's not a disaster.

Best of all, it loads up in 5 seconds flat and can handle in a flash what used to keep the POS busy for a minute or two. I have more meaningful posts but this is something I'm proud of, that I didn't have the panic-based response and end up in the same situation. Now to apply it to the rest of my life.