My relationship with Best Buy has ended with enmity on both sides, and me in the possession of a new Toshiba Satellite M35-S456. I'm pretty happy with it so far.

I didn't buy the Best Buy Service Plan for $500, partly because it's a ripoff, and partially because I plan to never give Best Buy any significant amount of money ever again for the rest of my life.

I did buy the Toshiba Extended Warranty for $200 though...enough can happen with computers that it seemed worth it. I hate to spend any money on this whole scenario at all, but I guess I can swing $200.

I'll let you know when this one starts to totally crap out on me. In other words, see you in three months.

UPDATE: In fairness, I should mention that I've had a series of free, expensive laptops for over three years.

I've been made to suffer for it, though. I've been made to suffer.