Dude. really.
I actually bought a Dell. I feel like Glenn now (you know, cuz Glenn loves Dell!)
I got such a good deal that I couldn't pass it up. $707 with my discount, and I had a $100 coupon on top of that. I'll do the algebra for you -- that's $607 for a fairly nice computer. I used the $100 savings to buy a graphics card. it's not the best card, but it's very good. 1gb of video memory on it even :)
It's a Quad Core Q6600 with 6 gigs of memory and a big fat harddrive. AND the best part is I don't have to plug in all my different card readers anymore cuz they're built into the front!
Oh, and it's oh-so quiet too. Not like my old one that doubled as a womb sound emulator.
