Sorry, had thought about those and then forgot to put them in. Budget is about ?1000 Would be after a DVD writer, 60 - 80 GB drive 512 MB or more RAM wireless and rj45 lan cpu as fast as possible, I have seen some laptops with the AMD 64 bit chips and that sounded good. usb pcmcia and bluetooth. I know this may be a bit ambitious. Wouldbuy new in the UK. Not too sure about ebay.