Gargoyle is right, but then, computers are always dropping in price. I hate to think how much I spent on computers over the years, only the have the next one cost a fraction and be so much more powerful. And Bert has a point--if you visit Dell and look at their auction you'll see they have refurbished the machines and what is on them is whatever the last owner put on them. So you might find some pretty nifty stuff (make yourself a check list ahead of time, BTW, so you can just go down the list when you start exploring these sites--see if you can find as many of the desired parts as possible before you jump on one).

I don't know much about the dual core stuff people have been talking about, but I have run a dual platform before. It was a bit of work to set up, and it has it's advantages, and disadvantages.

At least Google is picking up on this conversation--there's an ad for Dell at the bottom!

SRS