Hi Jed....Same advice you've been getting from here too. We have a Gateway 450 and its super and very easy to get up and running when it arrived. My brother-in-law who researches the hell out of everything just upgraded and bought a monster Dell that's been great so far. Sister Connie has a Compaq that's a POS ( but she keeps defending it...its trash, but you hate to admit you got screwed..well in most cases anyway).

Spaw