Well, rather than buying a crap-tacular Dell (and a used one at that) I went for a custom built setup from a local independent store. $500 later, I have a brand new P4 (2.4 ghz) system that is serving me well.
Huzzah! New computers are always fun. So clean and crisp.
The Green Knight, SimeSublime the Puffinesque, liker of chips and hunter of gnomes. JM's official press secretary, scientific advisor, diplomat and apparent antagonist?