Any old laptop will do; all you need is a program like Real Player (click where it says get Real Player free.) When you have the disc (does your laptop have a disc player? Some older ones don't and it occurred to me that this is all for naught if you don't have one) inserted it will ask you if you want to save the music on your drive. If you have your internet connection on, it will even download the CD info (names of tracks, genre, etc.) Even if you can't do the CD thing, most libraries have them on tape as well.
As for DFWSTT, that was one of the first things you told me to read when I came on board last year. Unfortunately, the Camp Lejeune library doesn’t have it and it is out of print. The used copies on Amazon are going for quite a pretty penny! I guess I'll try at the out in town library.
