DSORD,I'm just about to take the plunge again. My current is a Dell and I am very happy. I did not see your original thread. Would you be kind enough to tell me about the hard drive speed topic and the memory. Also why 1.3 instead of 1.5g. I'd be interested in your comments about what I am looking at: 1.5g, 80g(5400rpm)drive, 64mb GeForce2 card, 384 PC800 RDRAM.(What is RIMM memory?) Tell me about your price negoiation. Thanks a lot. Pinto