If you put a HD on the same channel as the optical drive, you may need to change the cable to a higher density 80 conductor cable for the drive to work properly.
I don't see where reading a book is ever a bad thing. I would imagine that you could lose a lot more than 3k floundering about trying things and still not understand where things went bad.
I guess I too have wasted a fair amount on books. I can say that none of them have made me any money...
Finally, a thread to watch.
I'm researching things and deciding if I have what it takes to trade "more often". I guess I qualify as an investor at this point and border on being a trader. An extremely undisciplined one at that. I've been lucky the last 10 years and done better than the...