My present to the wonderful man in my life

A few weeks ago my lovely husband announced what he would like for his birthday. It's always difficult to know what to give him as he seems to have everything he could ever wish for.  A laptop, he suggested.  Not an expensive one.  Just enough for using with the telescope outside on starry nights (when it's cold with the door open) so that he doesn't have to keep dodging in and out of the drawing room.

But which one?  After looking through several websites we decided that we should really ask our brilliant, computer-whizz son-in-law who knows everything there is to know about PCs.  He pointed us in the direction of HP and suggested a particular model which was at a reasonable price.  Excellent!  Apart from the fact that, as far as the m-i-m-l was concerned, it had a processor which was not made by Intel but by a company with which we had had bad experiences in the past.  However, everything else about it was fine so we just had to get the right one - more expensive, of course, and, I have been told, with not such good screen definition.

It duly arrived and was set up as quickly as possible.  Alas, even after days of fiddling and brain aching, it would not connect with the internet.  So, after admitting defeat, the only course of action was to ask our s-i-l for his help which was so willingly and excellently given.  Within about 20 minutes of discussion and advice the laptop was talking to the router which enabled it to connect with the internet!! Voila!  You just need a few of the right brain cells!!!  

Thank you to our lovely son-in-law for your skillful advice!  Where would we be without the generosity of our family?  Of course, my darling husband is really pleased but we haven't had starry nights yet to try it out in situ.  Soon .......