What a wealth of information folks, and thanks again.

I now certainly have a lot to think about, but it looks like a tossup between a new computer (FOR DANNY! Fooles Troupe, honest) or a new games console. Trouble is he has a hell of a lot of PC games as well as PS2.

Never had this trouble when I was a kid, we made our own games with a hoop and a stick.

I might now seriously look at building something from scratch for myself though, just a question of whether I will last long enough to finish it at my age! 'cos with a nine year old budding musician to support I certainly can't afford to buy an expensive one.

I will just mention that Danny has this week passed his grade one piano with a merit, so it's not all playing games for him. Needless to say we are very proud of him.