To buy my 5 year old a netbook?

[AmazingBouncingFerret]

My DS is going to be 5 in December. DH and I have been musing over the idea of his own little netbook type thing.

We only have the one laptop and DH work one. So there is no family type computer for him to play on.

I can't think of anything else that wouldnt be a complete waste of money tbh.

He has a huge amount of toys that he is very happy with and he is not into anything specific. (I know that could change between now and his birthday)

Is it too big and expensive a present for someone so young?

Has anyone else's 5yr old got one?

Netbooks are useful, but I would not buy a five year old one. Its over indulgent.

If I was you I would buy a netbook and say that it belongs to the family, but he is allowed to use when you say. A netbook easily fits in a drawer when you don't want him to use it. A five year old will break a netbook if unsupervised.

Last year I bought my son a Hi fi with an ipod line in, but no ipod(8 years old). The year before I got him a small digital camera. (seven years old), at six years old I bought him a cheap MP3 player and at five yeas old he had some power ranger toys.

I think five years olds are better with lots of little things than one big present.