FYI
One of our technical staff at Queen's is recommending a Linux PC that costs $399, less than twice the cost of the AlphaSmart someone showed us last fall. It's available at Kingston Computer Planet, which he also recommends as having very good service. Despite being Linux it's apparently easy to use, and comes with OpenOffice (which Alan and my eldest both prefer to MS Office).
I don't get out much so may not be in the market for one of these, but it looks like a really good deal.
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