First of all thanks for all the advice. I had decided on some form of windows based netbook as I have a variety of windows based programs for flight planning and GPS updating which I need to use as well as browsing the net. If I could be sure the apps would work on a Linux system with an “emulator” then I would be happy with this. If the stuff does not work or I have to spend days struggling then it would be a big mistake. How big is the risk?
Rod1