Oh, no worries, Walter IS a huge douche. It's the same exact thing in Legendia, except without the character development. :| As some people have said about him, he's a huge bucket of fail. Tremendously huge bucket.

I've never had good luck with Compaqs, but this was an incredibly cheap laptop (~$200 after rebates), and it worked well until the wireless card issue. =\ But I'm still under warranty, so I guess it's not ALL bad?

Moar free time, yes. Moar inspiration, yes.