i guys, just got an email from Maplin about the Raspberry Pi...
Wouldnt it be great if you could us this instead of a full pc!
http://www.maplin.co.uk/raspberry-piandreg-board-and-starter-kit-652805 (http://www.maplin.co.uk/raspberry-piandreg-board-and-starter-kit-652805)
Only drawback is that it only seem to support linux type os's...
You would be better off using one of intels micro boards.
Will have to look into that cheers baz!