Okay okay okay so y'all

I fucked up

Sort of. It may be a win. I don't even know anymore.

So when I started teaching for SANS I realized I needed a laptop (for tax and legal reasons) just for that. Like to run lab VMs and powerpoints. So I wanted something cheap and also business class so I could cheaply upgrade with a big hdd and lots of RAM.

So I went to the goodwill and picked up a previous gen elitebook for like 150 bucks. Upgraded it. It wasn't in the best physical shape, but nothing I couldn't work around with an occasional screwdriver.

The problem is, I fell in love with it. It is the ultimate lab laptop. That tiny gen where there are ports but also USB-C power. Nice screen. Easy component access. But beat to hell.

So I decided to order another more intact chassis without drive or battery off ebay.

The problem is, it never got delivered. UPS must have delivered to the wrong house. No way to open a claim and no delivery photo.

So I weep, suck it up, and order another one after a couple days.

The thing is, it showed up today. It got delivered across town and some nice soul had mercy on me and dropped it off.

I now own three identical, $300 g5 elitebooks, two of which are missing hard drives and batteries. I have no idea what to do. I don't need a laptop for anything else. I just have a stack of identical laptops. I am also out a few hundred dollars I really could have used for something else. Do I try to ebay them back??? Build a laptop fort? Install Doom?