I have a Micro Center near me and I think I may run up there tomorrow and see what they look like in person. Given that this would be computer #7 it is not a particularly high priority, though I have said that before about other things and they seem to follow me home anyway. As far as money, meh. I put it on a credit card, then transfer that balance to a different credit card that has a 0% interest for 12 months balance transfer offer, so I pay 2% of the total once rather than xx% until it's paid off. Something that may approach $2000 would probably take me 6 months to pay off (and not stress out other cards that are my daily driver cards used for things like food and gas), so I would essentially be getting it for 0% interest. A $2000 purchase would cost me $40 to transfer the balance, WAY better than paying interest.

What makes this unique is that it's not like instruments. I can sell a guitar or keyboard for close to what I paid for it. Trying to move an out of date laptop would bring me a ridiculously low return. If I got a Surface it would replace a Dell that I would wipe clean and donate to a shelter for either veterans in need or abused women who escaped their situation. Fortunately I am rather adept at all of the techie stuff (My house. Oh, you should see my house. I use 32 IPs here.) and can handle that recycling myself. The Dell I am losing is an old i3 that does nothing more than run security camera software so I can watch some cams on an old 26" monitor.

So, we'll look at a Surface really soon.