well since my desktop is toast, and i probably wont be getting a new laptop soon, here are a few that im looking at.


Costco Limited Time Offer
Dell C521 Slim line
Athlon 64 X2 4400+
2GB DDR2 320GB HDD
13-in-1 Digital Card Reader
2-Year Warranty
$899.99
Operating System:

* Microsoft® Windows® Vista Home Premium

Processor & Memory:

*

AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 processor 4400+ at 2.3GHz

*

(512KB x 2) L2 Cache
*

2GB DDR2 SDRAM 533MHz, 2 Dimm (Shared)

Drives:

*

320GB 7200RPM SATA II Hard Drive

* 16X DVD+/-RW Burner drive

Graphics & Video:

*

22 inch E228WFP Widescreen Flat Panel
*

Integrated nVidia GeForce 6150 LE Graphics

*

13-in-1 Media Card Reader

Communications:

* Integrated 10/100 Ethernet
* 56K PCI Data/Fax Modem

Audio:

* Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio
* Dell A225 Speakers

Keyboard & Mouse:

* Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard and Mouse

Expandability:

*

Externally Accessible: One 5.25-inch bay,
one 3.5-inch bay
*

Internally accessible: One 3.5-inch bay

Ports:

*

1 Front headphone jack
*

1 Front microphone jack
*

6 USB 2.0 ports - 2 front, 4 back, plus 2 internal

*

1 DVI, VGA, and
S-Video Port

Slots:

*
1 PCI slot
*
1 PCIe x 1 slot
*
1PCIe x 16 (graphics) slot

Microsoft® Works Suite 2006:

* Microsoft Word 2002: Create professional-quality documents with the best-selling* word-processing software for home, school and work.
* Works 8: Your everyday tasks become easier to start, do, and finish with these essential home productivity tools.
* Money 2006 Standard: Track all your financial information in one convenient place so you can spend less time worrying about your money and more time enjoying it.
* Digital Image Standard 2006: All the easy-to-use tools you need to organize, enhance and share your digital photos.
* Encarta Encyclopedia Standard 2006: The trusted and complete information resource that makes learning feel more like discovering. Find accurate and up-to-date information quickly and easily.
* Streets & Trips Essentials 2006: Driving directions are only the beginning. Plan your trip your way, with all the tools you need to customize road trips cross-town or cross-country.
* Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer (not full version) for viewing and displaying PowerPoint presentation files.

Additional Software:

*
* McAfee 8.0 SecurityCenter with anti-virus, anti-spyware, firewall, 15-months Adobe® Acrobat® Reader 7.0
* Roxio Creator Basic

Additional Information:

* CPU Dimensions:
15.8" H x 4.5" W x 14.2" D



or




this one at fry's
HP Pavilion a6130n (Athlon 64X2 5000, 3GB, 400GB, Vista Premium)
$50.00 Rebate
HP:
FRYS.com #: 5274387
This desktop features the dual-core 2.6GHz AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 5000+ processor. The Athlon 64 X2 has two processing engines that work together, giving this processor much more power than standard 2.6GHz processors. This processor is also capable of processing 64 bits of information at once, twice as much as older 32-bit processors.

but no monitor.....

Price: $ 729.99
After Rebate: $ 679.99
Specifications

* Processor: AMD Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor 5000+ for TRUE multi-tasking (2.6GHz, 512KB+512KB L2 Cache, 2000MT/s System Bus)
* Memory: 3072MB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM memory (2x1024MB 2x512MB for ultimate performance) (expandable to 4GB)
* Hard Drive: 400GB 7200RPM hard drive
* Optical Drive: SuperMulti DVD Burner with LightScribe Technology 16x DVD?R, 8x DVD+RW, DVD+RW, 6x DVD-RW, 8x DVD+R DL, 8x DVD-R DL, 12x DVD-RAM, 16x DVD-ROM, DVD-ROM, 40x CDR, 32x CDRW, 40x CD-ROM
* Expandable Drive Bay: HP Mini Pocket Media Drive bay
* Video Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE Graphics with TurboCache with 128MB dedicated graphics memory. Up to 632MB Total Available Graphics Memory as allocated by Windows Vista™(p)
* Network Interface: 10/100Base-T network interface
* Sound: High Definition Audio, 8 speaker configurable
* Fax/Modem: 56k modem
* Operating System: Genuine WindowsTM Vista Home Premium

Expansion Slots

* 2 PCI slots (1 available)
* 1 PCI-E x16 slot (available)
* 1 PCI-E x1 slot (available)

Expansion Bays

* 2 external 5.25"(one available)
* 1 external 3.5" (occupied)
* 1 internal 3.5" (occupied)

External Ports

* Front panel 15-in-1 memory card reader ? supports SmartMedia, xD, MultiMedia Card, Secure Digital (SD), Compact Flash I, Compact Flash II, Memory Stick, Memory Stick Pro, Memory Stick Duo, Memory Stick Pro Duo, RSMMC, MMC Mobile, MMC+, Mini Secure Digital, IBM Microdrive
* 6 USB 2.0 port(s) (2 FRONT, 4 back)
* 2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) port(s) (1 FRONT, 1 back)
* Microphone/Line-in/Line-out (FRONT and back)
* 2 PS/2
* Digital Audio-out
* LAN
* Rear speaker-out/Side speaker-out/Center (subwoofer)
* VGA-out (back)


any other suggestions in the same range of system and within 1000.

 

I like the #2 system better & add $249ish for a 22"WS

 

#2 with xp

 

Fuck HP.

 

new inspiron desktop + PQ$FTHDKG4$2M4 coupon code should net you something really good.

I've got a 5600+, 2 gigs of ram, works suite, 320 gig set up for $650 shipped

it's very similar to the second system, but I'd take the processor over the extra memory if I'm talking more than a gig of ram.

 

werd...fuck Vista

 

XP > Veestaw

We have several HP's at work and they are superb.

 

awesome thanks, if i call and order it can i get it w/o vista?

 

I'd say it's pretty likely

 

About a week ago at work I talked to some lady(Ithink) who ordered her PC with XP but it arrived with Vista and, shockingly, she was having all sorts of probs. with it.

Stupid Microsoft

Can't give the name of the comp. manufacturer though. :hsugh: