A complete new Dell computer costs about $300 these days. Used functioning computers at garage sales cost about $50.
Yeah, I know, but I was kind of just getting along w/out shelling out a few hundred bucks and I would've made excuses (to myself) about the need for a better computer and spent more.
This way it just took a few beers, a few hours pushing discs into the thing and then by chance I hit the right buttton. All in all, a stupid exercise on my part, but I blame the Trojan virus people.