I find that despite all the machines available to my wife and myself, it is necessary to purchase another Windows laptop. The only question now is whether it is a super light and slim machine or whether it has an optical drive. Between $450 and $500. This will impact my home machines budget because of other items that are coming due and I will have to very reluctantly put off buying myself a new Chromebook.
Drat you Bill Gates!
(... and he was said to have said as he was led out of sight, "it is no use worrying cause nothing is gonna turn out alright.")