Well, it all worked out in the end. I'm posting this message from a shiny new Sony SRX87 notebook PC .

Once Jen had turned up, I dragged her down to CompUSA on 5th St in San Francisco, and bought one.

I used the same credit card. This time, however, I used my passport as ID. No phone call was made, no problem arose. I walked out of the store with a Sony box under my arm.

The onboard wireless works well, too. I checked it out at the Starbucks around the corner from the hotel .