Tim: >> I'd go a bit further: Unless you actually wanted to play some >> specific Windows games, you're better off with a games box rather >> than a PC. Ed Greshko: > I'm not into gaming... But I wonder how well that works if the kid in > question wants to play those games played over the net? Depending on what you mean there... There are games console games which do play over the internet. But if you mean those daft games that you play inside a web browser (e.g. Java or Flash games), that's another matter. -- (This box runs FC6, my others run FC4 & FC5, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.