Oh I feel AWFUL you didn't wait for me to see your thread before you just went and impulsed!  While I was sleeping, nonetheless.  I guess that would account for all the weird dreams - there was a ripple in the force!

Did you go with Dell?

I would have said that I just helped my mother buy a system at Best Buy, but when all was said and done she spent $2000, which was $1500 more than her max.  She got a very decent all in one printer with the package for free, though, and she upgraded her monitor to a 22&quot; flat panel LCD.  Her particular package could probably have been dropped to near $1000, but that was more than you wanted to go for anyway.

I'm so excited you bought a new computer!  Man, oh boy, oh for SWEET! :)