The Saga of the HP Pavilion Laptop. Part 7039

So you know the story, my laptop is part of an American extended warranty return for repair due to a fault on the motherboard ...

They won't pay for shipping but will completely refit my laptop if I can get it back to the States, acknowledging that a black screen and no wifi equals no laptop.

Shipping looks like costing a minimum of 200euro and the laptop will be gone about a month.

The PC repair shop here said a new motherboard was way too expensive for them to repair.

I'm leaving on a 17 day working and wandering trip to Italy on Friday and my laptop is vital - photographs, writing and launching the new website.

Dell couldn't get a new laptop to me any faster than 10 working days.

So ... today I took my note and headed off to Makro, a wholesale shop here for business owners and etc.

I came home with a new Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Li 2735 for 499euro.
It has an Intel graphics media accelerator X3100, a dual core processor T2390 and 3GB and 250 GB of hard drive. (If you know anything bad about this model, please don't tell me, I prefer blissful ignorance for now.)

Most importantly, in light of the recent tragedy ... it has a 2 year guarantee, with a phone number you call when things go wrong. The phone number is the pick up and delivery service.

Anyone heading to the States from Belgium or Holland anytime soon?
I have a laptop that would surely love a ride back to the mother-ship.