Wow. I did the same thing, but I have a 4 month old 2K-dollar toshiba laptop (Satellite P105) and yup, no parrallel port. I love the laptop so, I had to keep it.....
So, I went out and baught another computer just to run my SX3..!
Richard @ SyilAmerica is GREAT..! He will really take good care of you on the phone except on Mondays (he's REALLY BUSY on Mondays!!!).
Regards,
Dan