My dad has recently replaced his old desktop computer with a laptop, although it is not a perticually powerful computer it is more than capable of doing everything he would like to do, it is even ready for Windows Vista if they ever managed to remove the malware that comes pre-installed.

With a slow computer in a full ATX case, I have a spare Socket 939 ATX motherboard (which worked last time I used it although the network functinality is damaged). I have ordered an AMD Athlon 64 3200+ 2Ghz process, a 400W power supply and ASUS EN7300LE graphics card (Nvidea 7300, 128MB GDDR) for about £100. I also have a 160GB hard disk drive floating around and I have a very nice computer to play with.

I have been meaning to play around with a GNU/Linux operating system for a while and talking to a few people on the MicroMart Forum I think I will try PCLinuxOS, or more specificly PCLinuxOS MythEdition so I can in the future at a TV Tuner card and have a Media Center Computer.