Hi, Please reply to the topic you wanted not taking over another topic. I would try and look at low to mid range Dell or Toshiba models; I have had no issues with these. I went off Toshiba for a while, but their later models are better. Dell have a price premium, so you may want to see how much comparative specs are from manufacturers. Now is a good time to buy due to sales etc, see if PC World have anything sutible (they have a Toshiba at £600 currently which has quite good specs). Andrew. ** To leave the list, send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq