Well, a pleasant surprise:
the new (for me) laptop's CD Drive is actually a DVD drive - so I can watch movies and even do screen captures!
Most of the day has been taken up with seraching-out and downloading softare and files. (And doing some shopping to help Dear Daughter prepare fora combined SIL Father's Day and GrandLAds Birthday celebration to be held at their Rehoboth RV on Sunday.)
der Brucer