Hi Ibrahim, I've had an Amilo model before and found it to be exceptionally good. It worked well with Jaws and the speed with several apps open at once was pretty good. Can't quite remember which actual model it was but in general, I've heard good all round reports about Fujitsu. Alternatively, I've found Toshiba to be very reliable. Of recent, I've found HP laptops to be a little sluggish after a while even with keeping up with general maintenance. I think they have so much of their own software installed, a little like Dell. Going back a while now, but one of the most reliable machines I've had was an Evesham Micro. Good build and for it's day, fairly lightweight! Hope thats given you something to chew on. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: Ibrahim Gucukoglu To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, April 11, 2009 1:44 PM Subject: [access-uk] notebook make suggestions Hi Everyone. My wife is in the market for a new laptop computer to replace her netbook which she recently sold. She's looking for something small, light and compact but with everything integrated. She's got her eye on a 13.3 Siemens Amilo model with a 2.4GHZ processor, 4GB memory and a 320GB hard drive as well as dvd burner and integrated sound/graphics. First of all, are Siemens laptops any good? has anyone had experience using one and can give me their opinion? If the answer is negative to the above, what makes of machines should be looking at. The price is an important consideration as we are on a budget. All the best, Ibrahim.