My son has had one for nearly 3 years with no problems at all. However his youngest son pulling it off the table didn't do it a lot of good but it still works after a fashion. Not the fault of Compaq you'll appreciate. Roger Some mistakes are too much fun to only make once. ----- Original Message ----- From: Damon To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Friday, October 26, 2007 8:49 AM Subject: [access-uk] Compaq laptops - any good? HI. Am considering buying a Compaq laptop which seems to have everything I need in it at 350 pounds. Has anyone any particularly good or bad experiences with the Compaq brand? Any recommendations? Or should I steer clear in your experience? Am using it mainly for surfing the web and am going to plump for Vista Home Basic. Thoughts appreciated. ...Damon