I can afford a bit more pricey, but the "ouch" and "OMFG" type pricey is out of my league most likely :) I'm not a gamer. I will run whatever flavor of Vue, Bryce 5, Poser 5, DAZ Studio and maybe Shade on this. I use this computer strictly for graphics stuff. I've never done Dell. There are a number of small businesses in this area who custom build based on your wants and needs. A lot of people buy their computers through Best Buy :) I use one of those hummers ( a compaq presario) for my job which is strictly word processing and email useage. They are pretty much useless for anything else. Even though newer and with more processing power (3 ghz), the response rate is slower than my 1.7ghz P-IV. I'm told the presario's, celerons, etc. are processing units that didn't pass the intel benchmarks to qualify for the P-IV label. Sort of like the "seconds" :)