I've been looking at dell...priced together a really good system...Pentium D 820 2.8ghz dual proc, 2gb ram, 16x dvd+/-rw, 13-1 card reader, 160gb hd, 20" dell ultrasharp widescreen LCD...for about $980 after tax. I just don't know if I want to spend that much...I had wanted to keep it under $600, which I could probably do without a monitor. However, there is no longer an option for no monitor...at least that I can see.