Bob and Chulaivet1966,

I failed to mention that while looking for back-up software, I was also shopping for a laptop.
Had time to think about it over the weekend after re-reading all the helpful posts.

Office Max and Best Buy have some reasonably priced HPs, Toshibas, etc.

Serendipitously, Mr. Roy Z has a timely thread about laptops with lots of good advice.

Thanks for your input.

Percy