Words are inadequate

That might have been a more reasonable approach for me too. Main arguments against: 1) takes time to set up, which I am sorely lacking for the next couple of months at least and probably the foreseeable future; 2) my memories of non-macbook laptops are admittedly years out of date and non-top-of-the-line but I recall hating their keyboards and trackpads.

Honestly I wouldn't have even picked up a new computer at all, except for the wifi flaking out (kind of necessary for the uses I put the computer to) and uilos can in theory get reimbursed for it from work. Rather keep using this one until it dies altogether.