Earlier in this forum, i posted saying not to get a dell. Now I take that back. It can be better to build your own computer and save money but the problem is most newbies mess it up. You get no warranty, and also technical support. I have been looking at a few dells lately and have found some pretty good deals. The Dimension xps gen 4 does not seem to bad considering its p4 3.4 GHz Ht, windows xp, its 10% off, and you also get 2 day shipping online, 2nd bay dvd burner, hard drive upgrade to 160 GB, and a dell printer all for free. All that for only $1799. I have not seen a better offer yet. I usually go for Alienware and other brands but this time im sorry this just blows everything else out the water. The link if you want to check it out is http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/click?id=VKTJCNsC98s&offerid=63029.15016014&type=2&subid=0

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