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			Rocky, I'm pretty sure I have seen serial to USB adapters for sale.  They are both serial ports, just different types. 
 
The conventional serial port is going the way of the buffalo. 
 
One other thing:  get the extended warranty.  Laptops are notorious for keyboard, mousepad, and battery failures.  The one and only long term warranty I'll buy is the one on a laptop... if yours bounces around in car trunks and airplanes like mine does, you will have one or more failures in three years.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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