if that Atom is still boxed and working it's worth around about £200 now!

Totally agree, just compare RISC OS 2 or 3.1 to the equivalent Windows version in 1988 or so, Acorn was streets ahead. Still have a 200 mhz RISC PC sitting next to my desk, it's a nippy little beast boots in a few secs or so....

it also shows a picture of entirely the wrong airport - the article is talking about Glasgow Prestwick airport, the picture shows Glasgow International airport - they're about 30-odd miles apart!

yeh, I got that too, re-directs immediately to a blog about some insurance company. Here's the printable link which doesn't redirect: http://www.itworld.com/print/133630

This was one of the things I REALLY felt lacking about DOS's CLI compared to the Beeb when I moved from a 128K BBC Master to a 286 PC back in 1991 - the ability to copy any character on the screen was just so intuitive - DOS felt clunky by comparison (it still does!). I still have the Beeb in the loft while the 286 was long since consigned to the PC graveyard in the sky...

It's a uk model, so admittedly may be using different terminology, the LP mode gets me 6 hours on a 3 hour tape or 8 hours on a 4 hour tape - bit academic as I barely use it! :-)

my 10 year old JVC VHS player quite happily records and plays back in long play.....

Not always true, I bought a Dell Mini 9 with Ubuntu from Dell in the UK a few months ago and it was £40 CHEAPER than the Windows version - plus I could spec it with 2GB memory which Microsofts licensing prevents Dell from doing with the Windows version (If I recall correctly).