I am so glad to hear all your happy stories - it is great isn't it? I have a built in mic and camera on my laptop too, so that is why I don't use a mic and camera - but they just plug into your desktop computer just as easy. My husband and I sat on the couch, in our living room last night, with the laptop on the coffee table and just chatted....I even took the laptop outside and 'showed' them the sunset - apparently it gets dark earlier in Florida than here in Ontario!!!