Actually, WeePCs have been around for a while. Not only are there the all-in-one media centre PCs such Sony's VGC range, there is a whole market of small form factor PCs - in fact there's a website devoted to them SFFTech. PCs have oodles of great freeware and shareware too. The bundled extra I had in mind when I wrote that was the laptop carrying case - which you usually have to buy anyway as an extra. As for breaking down (both in terms of hardware and software faults), I would agree that Macs are probably more reliable in general, but it's an unfair comparison. Hardware-wise, a Mac should be compared to a Dell, a Sony or an IBM. The quality of the hardware depends on the manufacturer and while there's only one company that produces Macs, there are bazillions that build PCs, lumping them all together results in unfair generalisations. Most of the OS usability issues have become less significant since XP (it's not perfect, but it's a big improvement over Windows ME - which was, admittedly, a steaming turd). Every piece of hardware I've installed on my PC, from scanners and printers to video cards and new hard drives has worked on a plug and play basis under XP - so configuration issues aren't such a big problem on PCs any more. They may not be as good, but they're not bad. From my point of view, Macs are good quality, stylish, but pricey computers. They have good software, but won't run the thousands of pounds worth of PC software I already have. I work with PCs everyday anyway, which means all but the worst problems they throw up I can fix without much trouble. If I want peripherals or upgrades, I have a far wider choice of components, prices and suppliers. So, though I liked the 12.1" Mac laptop and I could appreciate your salesmanship of their beauty, when it came down to putting hundreds of pounds of money on the line, I tried to be objective and that meant I had to discount Macs from consideration pretty early on because the reasons above meant it didn't make practical sense to choose one over a PC. Though I don't think many people buy Macs because they're being practical. Vince