Thanks for the reply. An imac did cross my mind, I've got a nice 20inch LG TFT screen im using at the mo, I dont know if I could go back to using the small screens on the cheaper end imacs. I was also thinking of the mini as I could get a top one second hand for about £400, when applw are asking £6?? of there website. I've also heard that the imac has some reliability issues which concerns me alittle. Would I be alot better of getting n imac? Is it that much master then a mini? Thanks again