Sorry, Vinny. Didn't mean to come across in a belligerent way. Just a bad day with most of it spent on the phone with Child Protective Services, never a lot of fun.
I agree completely with your last two paragraphs and, my last two posts which are novels, state just that.

I think VMan got a lot more than he bargained for. As you alluded to, set up the desktop wired, connect to it wirelessly and have fun. Certainly no need for RAID.