YES! I got my computer back! I had to send it to Gateway. They proved to be extremely reliable in my time of duress.
I will send all judges the 4 entries today, hopefully right now- (I'm still setting up my 'new' computer-- why did they give me all this useless crap I'm never going to use??).
Oh, and the deadline? Is December 1st good? So you guys have a couple days past what is probably your Thanksgiving break. If that's not good, we can move it.