Gosh SLY, I'm starving here! Sheesh.
did you ever get your laptop fixed?
Not really, Sam. I usually just shut it down for awhile. Restart it and use it until it gums up again and freezes up (good for anywhere from minutes to hours).
Was looking at a Toshiba laptop on sale at Staples, today. One of these days, I'll pull the trigger. That one has a 15" screen, i3, 8GB, 1T, Windows 10.