Hi all ... I'm in the market for a new PC but I haven't followed what's good much this year. Any thoughts on whether the following is a good spec would be appreciated. I would be satisfied with a desktop/tower system for most of my needs (and if I only have a laptop I will use a fullsize keyboard and display when at home = office). But I know that I need a laptop sometimes for business. For the price of a high-spec Dell or Compaq I could get a low-spec laptop AND a more powerful desktop system ... and this seems quite attractive. So with that in mind, I'm looking for a laptop that can do basic MS Office, email and browsing. I've got this quote: AOpen 1846A Intel Celeron 1.8GHz ATI display chipset 32MB DDR 20GB hard drive 128MB DDR266 mem CD-ROM 14" SXGA+ LCD XP Home Price ZAR5999 (I'm not specifically asking about the value for money though) I would certainly go for 40GB if it was to be my only system, but I'm sure 20 is fine given the above. Likewise I would probably want XP Pro, but are there any major limitations with Home assuming I want to network it with another system running Pro? I wonder if 256M memory would be safer? Should I go for an integrated DVD writer or CDRW? Thanks - Joe The NOSPIN Group Promotions is now offering Mandrake Linux or Red Hat Linux CD sets along with the OpenOffice CD... at a great price!!! http://freepctech.com/goodies/promotions.shtml