I hope so ...is it difficult? You have me worried now!!

I'm sure I set up my current laptop without help, and I had never done it before as we were never allowed to touch our computers (other than use them of course) at work.

But now I'm having a wee panic. My broadband box thingummyjig is in my living room where the phone is, and my office is gonna be on the second floor - I hope that the broadband signal will reach to the top of the house or I'll be crying :_|.

Most modern computers Suzie more or less set themselves up. Just follow the Quick Start guide (ther's usually one)  and let it do it's stuff.

On the broadband I can't see why that should be a problem - mine is shared with some neighbours and they're a few houses down the road...:-)